I post my tasting notes of good (and bad) beer that I find in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. I don't write snooty or nuanced reviews, nor do I only drink one style of beer.

I'll generally rate beers on this purposefully crude scale, with a few accompanying tasting notes:

0 = offensively bad
1 = bad
2 = meh (mediocre)
3 = good
4 = exceptional

Follow me for an eclectic mix of beers and info about where to find them. A single beer is auto-posted each day from a queue, hopefully with no more than a few weeks' lag (beer on tap is bumped to the top).

I am Stephen Goggin. When I'm not writing about good beer and drinking it, I'm a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley.

 

Drake’s Occurye on tap at Barclays. A 3 of 4. Cool that Drake’s is taking this to GABF - hopefully it’ll do quite well. It’s a solid amber ale offering - no imperial or session characteristics here. It drinks with a nice rye spiciness to it, but the body is a bit thin for my liking. Still, well-balanced with some sweetness.

Drake’s Occurye on tap at Barclays. A 3 of 4. Cool that Drake’s is taking this to GABF - hopefully it’ll do quite well. It’s a solid amber ale offering - no imperial or session characteristics here. It drinks with a nice rye spiciness to it, but the body is a bit thin for my liking. Still, well-balanced with some sweetness.

8 months ago