Okay, "the month for beer" may be a slight exaggeration, but there are at least two "Beer Month" things going on that I know about ... First is Strong Beer Month: ... February 1st, marks the start of the 7th Annual Strong Beer Month. The brewers of the 21st Amendment and Magnolia Pub and Brewery once again bring you an astounding range of memorable brews to lift the winter doldrums. Visit both breweries, try all twelve beers and keep the special commemorative glass. Commemorative t-shirts are
Finally, a place I can go for a pint of ale! Not only ale but ale on draft! Not to mention 'pint glasses' what a novelty here in Mexico ... Cameron Carroll with beer taps ^ ... Matthew Carroll at the bar ... The new restaurant and brewery on the outskirts of San Miguel de Allende called Cerveza De San Miguel http://cervezadesanmiguel.com/ has opened to the public and I visited on opening day for a couple of pints (did I say a couple, I mean a few) and to talk with the new owners Matthew Carroll
Michelob Dunkel Weisse is the second of the PR beers I'd received back in August and forgot to write about. It's a new beer, an unfiltered dark wheat beer from the house of A-B, one which I was a bit surprised to see—it's definitely a departure for them and an interesting style choice ... Dunkel Weisse 5.5% alcohol by volume ... Appearance: Kind of a dirty, apple cider brown, and murky (because I swirled up the yeast). Thick dirty-white head ... Smell: Sour banana and a hint of clove
promised in an earlier post I will give a quick review of Potro. This is another Cervecera Mexicana Ex-hacienda Corralejo product that is brewed in Penjamo, in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico http://www.tequilacorralejo.com/ Although Corralejo is primarily a tequilaria, they brew three different beers. Potro, Caballero Aguila and Horus which is a blend of tequila and beer and is 14% abv. Potro (colt) is a dark porter style beer with very little head and low carbonation. The first thing I tasted