Tag Archives: United States

Petite Sirah, Concannon “Conservancy”, Livermore Valley, California 2009

Posted on July 4, 2013 by waywardwine

In honor of America’s incoming day of independence, we decide to drink one of the biggies: Concannon‘s Petite Sirah (that and our bubbly isn’t cold yet). The sale price of $10.99 seemed fine. Typical of black, thick-skinned petite sirah, the … Continue reading →

Posted in EMPTIED BOTTLES, Petite Sirah, Red | Tagged Aroma of wine, Cancannon, Concannon, Concannon Vineyard, Conservancy, Durif, fruit, Livermore Valley, Oak (wine), petite Sirah, United States | 2 Comments

LONDONDERRY CALLING: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #28

Posted on July 1, 2013 by waywardwine

Our Seven Month EU Austerity Drinking Tour continues. Last Monday’s post covered a visit to Bushmills Distillery and the Giant’s Causeway. This Monday, my wife and I cut North, to the burnt borderland between the United Kingdom and Ireland: Londonderry. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Bloody Sunday, Bogside, Bono, David Cameron, Derry, Free Derry, Giant Causeway, Guinness, IRA, Ireland, London, Lundy the Traitor, Sunday Bloddy Sunday, Troubles, U2, United States | 2 Comments

BREWDOG UNHOPPED UPMANSHIP: Flying Dog Zero IBU IPA International Arms Race: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #18

Posted on May 6, 2013 by waywardwine

We returned to Edinburgh’s BrewDog bar to taste something new: unhopped IPA. A few weeks ago we tried a bottle of BrewDog’s Punk IPA. It tasted too pretty to be punk. But its aromatics and herbaceous bitterness, like all IPAs, … Continue reading →

Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Beer, Black Flag, Black Sabbath, brettanomyces, BrewDog, Brewing, Cascade hop, Colorado, Drag Race, Edinburgh, Flying Dog, Food, hopping, hops, International Arms Race, IPA, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Microbrewery, Ricola, Ru Paul, RuPaul, Rupaul's Drag Race, Scotland, United States, Zero IBU | 2 Comments

WEST.WARD.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #13

Posted on April 1, 2013 by waywardwine

After a week in Glasgow, we were ready to move on. Our last day there, we stumbled upon West Brewery. It sat at the far end of Glasgow Green: a river park, smelling of Victorian imperialism and the caramelized malt … Continue reading →

Posted in Scotland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Aberdeen, Alcoholic beverage, Beer, Brewery, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Food, German Purity Law, Glasgow, Glasgow Green, highland cattle, Honey, Microbrewery, Munich, Panda Express, Recreation, Reinheitsgebot, Saint Mungo, St Mungo, United States, West Brewery, Wine tasting descriptors | 2 Comments

WHISKY.ALE.: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #11

Posted on March 18, 2013 by waywardwine

Last week covered Loch Lomond Brewery (click here). Their Whisky Ale showed how Scottish beer could break the hegemony of standard categories (IPAs, Lagers, Stouts), by tapping into something very Scottish: Whisky. Since Whisky is born as beer, distilled a … Continue reading →