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SweetWater Brewing found success in 2014 when they debuted their Johnny Hash double IPA as part of their Dank Tank series. It was so popular, that they made it a year round brew, now called Hop Hash. Building upon that success and experimenting with a slightly different style is the newly released fall seasonal, Hash Brown. Here’s what Sw ...

Parish Brewing gets a ton of well deserved acclaim (some may say hype) for their double IPA, Ghost in the Machine. Bottles fly off shelves within hours of release and kegs are drained quickly. That’s all with good reason. Ghost is a world class double IPA, and it would not shock me one bit if it takes home a medal in that category at the ...

Everybody knows today is Throwback Thursday, right? Well, it’s time for a Throwback review. No, I don’t mean a vintage beer. I’m talking about Oskar Blues Pinner Throwback IPA. It’s definitely not an homage to the beers that were shipped from England to India way back in the day. No, this beer is one that you can throw b ...

I've gone to two beer dinners this week - one was $30 and one was $100. (disclaimer: I did not pay for either.) As is obvious from the price point differential, the two dinners were on two sides of the cuisine and experience spectrum. Ale (the beer bar on Oak Street) hosted a Goose Island beer dinner on Tuesday. Since Goose Island is owned by A ...

Today is the official kickoff of college football (real college football, not that FCS stuff), so why not do another beer review, right? What better way to get it going than to review a beer from the heart of SEC country? Creature Comforts is located in Athens, Georgia, and unfortunately isn’t available in Louisiana. But that doesn&r ...

Another day, another IPA review. Wait a minute, this isn’t an IPA review. Yep, you read that right. I drank something other than an IPA, and the Earth didn’t stop spinning on its axis. To be fair, I do have a soft spot for Oktoberfest styles of beer. Yep, The Ale Runner does enjoy a lager every now and again. New in 2015 is a festbi ...

I’ve been meaning to write a little more about my homebrewing experiences for a while, but just haven’t gotten around to it. So, here’s a foray into that. Last summer, I wanted to brew a refreshing warm weather beer to enjoy by the pool or after mowing the grass, and since I have a soft spot for peaches, I settled on a peach w ...

Hey, all - I didn't do my post of the week last week because I wasn't feeling well at all so things got a little FUBARed. However, one of the things I was working on was pulling the schedule together for Louisiana Craft Brewers Weekend, happening September 12-19, which will run in the Gambit next week. (In the meanwhile, you can peep the schedu ...

If you read yesterday’s review of Founders reDANKulous Imperial Red IPA, you may have noticed that I’m not a big fan of red IPAs. Today’s beer is an example of an IPA that I really gravitate toward. But with my expectations being pretty high, how will Stone’s 19th Anniversary Thunderstruck IPA live up? Read on to find ou ...

NOLA Brewing is finally set to live up to their name. The New Orleans Lager and Ale Brewing Company will unveil their first lager on September 2nd at a release party at the new World of Beer location in New Orleans. Darkest Before Dawn will be a Munich Dunkel, which is a European style lager that is a dark color featuring notes of caramel and c ...