Author Brett Reid

CHRISTMAS BEER // A GOOD ALTERNATIVE TO EGGNOG Although it may not feel like it, we’re neck deep in the Christmas season. This time of year produces a lot of things I’m not really fond of: Christmas...

HOLIDAY BEERS // CLOWN SHOES PECAN PIE PORTER Flavored beers can be a huge hit or a huge miss. When done properly, they can be magnificent, taking on flavors in the right spots and leaving out things that...

SWEETWATER HOP HASH DOUBLE IPA // BE PREPARED I took a trip to Atlanta for Halloween to see one of my good friends, Thomas. We both share a love for beer, so I knew we would end up drinking a lot of it. He...

NEW BELGIUM TOUR DE FALL PALE ALE // GOOD BEER I love fall, but I hate the clichéd “specialty” beers that are released around this time. I also hate Oktoberfest beers. I think they’re garbage and...

JAI ALAI // WORLD CLASS BEER GETS ME EMOTIONAL I rarely come across a beer that makes me stop and be thankful for my life. It's even more uncommon for me to come across a brewery that does the same. I have...

FAIRHOPE 51 PALE ALE // STAYS TRUE TO THE STYLE Great beer can come from places where you would least expect, and in Alabama, that is more than accurate. Look at Tuscaloosa, a city that is practically...

LEFT HAND MILK STOUT // REALLY, REALLY GOOD I’ve found that my tastes and preferences changing a bit over the past few months. Where I would have never drank stouts and porters willingly, I have recently...

BOULEVARD POP-UP SESSION IPA // WORTH A TRY I’m very particular when it comes to an IPA. I have a lot that I really hate and a very select few that I absolutely love; and then there’s the middle ground....

GOOD PEOPLE PALE ALE // AN AMAZING BEER I had a lot of free time recently, being that I am basically off work for the entire week, so I decided to throw some meat on my smoker. I had a Boston Butt in the...

As some of you may know, a brewery in Birmingham called Beer Engineers really reached their fame with one beer. All of their other beers were subpar, but the Peanut Butter Porter was really what people...