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Over Thanksgiving weekend I traveled to my hometown of St. Louis and had the opportunity to sample a number of local beers during my visit. So I decided to record another beer review on uStream, about one of my favorite local brewers O’Fallon who brew a tasty pumpkin ale I was drinking during the recording. In the video I also go on to discuss the beer culture around St. Louis, what makes for a good pumpkin beer, and more generally about pairing beer during Thanksgiving.
Breweries of St. Louis tour
I created a Foursquare list of Breweries around the St. Louis metro area (my hometown), which other beer lovers can use on their next visit or tour of the midwest. St. Louis is home to a number of breweries and a burgeoning craft beer scene.
Notice your favorite brewery (or any omissions) from the list? Leave a comment here so I can add it to the list.
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My favorite pumpkin ale is the one pictured here, Schlafly’s Pumpkin Ale, which has a balanced amont of cinnamon and nutmug, and a malty charecter to its taste.
via weatherbird:
The great pumpkin • Beer guy Evan Benn rates this year’s crop of pumpkin beers, on a scale of one to four jack-o’-lanterns. The local contenders: Schlafly Pumpkin Ale (seen above), Kirkwood Station Pumpkin Ale, Ferguson Pumpkin Ale and O’Fallon Pumpkin Beer.
Bonus: Evan’s picks o’ the week include Perennial Artisan Ales’ Hommel Bier. It just so happens that my next meetup will be Oct. 6 at Perennial Artisan Ales — stop by and see if he’s right about Hommel.
St. Louis beers section at Friar Tucks (h/t Stephen Bolen), a beer store in St. Louis.
I spotted:
- Schlafly
- O’Fallon
- a couple small batch sets in bottles
Not a bad looking selection!
Schlafly introduces a new kind of bottle with G.U.L.P. (Gravitationally Urged Libation Pour) technology. This humorous take on Breckenridge Brewery’s “Gravity Accelerated Pour” tech uses an upside down bottle to provide refreshment.
“You’ve never seen this much science in a beer bottle before,” claims the creators on their YouTube page. Of course their low budget aesthetic is the perfect accompaniment for their April Fools prank. I know I LOL’d.
Reviewing Schafly’s Christmas Ale on Christmas Day at home in Missouri. Includes musings of the St. Louis beer scene, Holiday and Old Ales, and some notes on enjoying tasty beers with friends and family over the season.
Happy Holidays from the Brew Noob! In this broadcast, recorded on Christmas Day 2010, I introduced Schlafly’s Christmas Ale at my family’s home near the St. Louis brewery
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