Skip to content

Food, Wine, Beer, Travel

What else do you need for life……

Category: Ale

Fire Ant Funeral Amber Ale

June 20, 2018June 10, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Fire Ant Funeral is a traditional ale.  I thought this is a really solid beer.  The distinctive red amber color that is topped by a beige head that leaves some decent lacing.   This color comes from the seven American grown hops.  I tasted this ale poured from a twelve once can poured into a chilled

Share1
Pin
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
1 Shares
Read More

Iron Thistle Scottish Ale

May 23, 2018June 9, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Iron Thistle Scottish Ale pours slightly hazy dark ruby red/brown color with a single finger fairly dense head.  This dense head is light khaki with good retention.  This reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big caramel, brown

Share2
Pin3
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
5 Shares
Read More

Orange Show from Saint Arnold

May 16, 2018May 14, 2018 Charles Prevatte

Continuing my beers of Texas series this week I am trying Orange Show from Saint Arnold Brewing Company in Houston Texas.  Orange Show is a blonde ale brewed with almost 2,300 pounds of blood oranges.  These are puréed and for each batch.   This works out to about half-pound of purée per gallon of beer. A strong

Share1
Pin3
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
4 Shares
Read More

The Beers of Texas Part 13

March 7, 2018March 6, 2018 Charles Prevatte

This is another installment of my series describing beers of  Texas.  I am looking at beers brewed and born here in the Lone Star State. Brewed at  HopFusion Ale works in Fort Worth, TX Feisty Blonde is a bronze golden ale.   This beer has deeply aromatic orange blossom honey and the flavor of pure Mexican

Share1
Pin1
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
2 Shares
Read More

The Beers of Texas Part 7 – Saint Arnold Amber Ale

October 2, 2017 Charles Prevatte

Saint Arnold Brewery’s Amber Ale is a crisp refreshing beer.  It is a full-flavored ale with a pleasant caramel character that is derived from brewing with a specialty Caravienne malt.  The rich body is evident when you pour the beer and it forms a nice medium head in the mug.  A complex aroma of hops

Share
Pin
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
0 Shares
Read More

Four Beers from Boulevard Brewing Company

February 28, 2017May 30, 2017 Charles Prevatte

A couple weeks ago I tasted four beers I got in a sampler pack at our local mega mart (if you follow me on Instagram @chuck006 you know this already).  This pack from Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City. The four beer are the 80-Acre Hoppy Wheat, Milk Stout, Pale Ale and Rosemary IPA.  This

Share2
Pin
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
2 Shares
Read More

La Rubia Blonde Ale from Wynwood Brewing Company

September 19, 2016May 31, 2017 Charles Prevatte

Wynwood uses only  premium products in all of their beers.  They procure the best malts from the US and use them as the  base malt and mobile them with British and German Malts to create their  caramel malts.  They  seek the finest hops from the US, England, Germany, New Zealand and Czech Republic.  Wynwood puts

Share
Pin3
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
3 Shares
Read More

Devil’s Backbone from Real Ale Brewing Company

July 25, 2015June 5, 2017 Charles Prevatte

This Belgian style beer has a light golden color but do not let that fool you, with an 8.10% alcohol content it packs a kick. This ale uses spicy hops and Belgian yeast to create and distinct and unique aroma and taste. Despite the alcohol content this beer is not heavy. Real Ale is obviously

Share
Pin
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
0 Shares
Read More

Sum’R Sumer Ale

July 20, 2015June 5, 2017 Charles Prevatte

This ale from Unita Brewing Company in Salt Lake City Utah. This beer leads with the citrus flavors of oranges and lemons. This combination of flavors come from the unique hops used in the brewing process. The Sorachr Hops come from Japan and are balanced with light malts to produce a fresh crisp beer.  

Share1
Pin
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
1 Shares
Read More

Lost Cove American Pale Ale and Lowes Food’s Beer Den.

June 8, 2015June 5, 2017 Charles Prevatte

Our local Lowes Food Store just completed a major remodel. In this new remodel store is a Lowes food Beer Den where you can get advice on beer and sample several selections on tap. Last Saturday was the first chance I had to give it a try. This is the first grocery store in our

Share2
Pin
+1
Tweet
Share
Share
2 Shares
Read More
  • About This Blog and Me
  • Contact Us
  • My Travel To Do List:
  • Privacy Policy

Tags

5K air travel Alabama Ale Argentina BBQ Beer Cabernet Sauvignon California Wine Centeral America Christmas College Road Trip craft beer Dessert El Salvador Family family travel Florida Fort Worth. gluten free products Home Cooking Huntsville IPA Magic Kingdom Miami NASCAR North Carolina Oregon Orlando Red Wine Restaurants Road Trip Saint Arnold Brewery San Antonio Spain Texas Texas Beer Thanksgiving Theme Parks Traditions travel United States USA Walt Disney World wine

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 830 other subscribers

  • About This Blog and Me
  • Contact Us
  • My Travel To Do List:
  • Privacy Policy
© Food, Wine, Beer, Travel