Brew Brain Blog

Updated tasting 9/25/2007:
The mystery that is “Trader Joe’s Brewing” continues. This cracks me up just a bit. Tonight’s installment is Hopfest Pilsner from Josephs Brau Brewing Co. Again, just like with the Jumping Cow, there is no web site to link. Why doesn’t Trader Joe’s just slap their name on the […]

Updated tasting 9/24/2007 as I clear out old bottls from the beer fridge
My next beer review is the Gordon Biersch Pilsner.

Gordon Biersch started out as a Bay Area brewery/restaurant with their first location in Palo Alto. They are probably known as much for their garlic fries around here as for their beer. […]

For my first in a series of lager reviews, I present the Sierra Nevada Summerfest from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. of Chico, California:

This is the second beer from Sierra Nevada I’ve tasted for Brew Brain, and the first true traditional lager - a pilsner to be exact. As the name suggests, this is a seasonal […]