Final Fantasy Dungeon Ale

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I probably spent more time on Final Fantasy for Nintendo than any other game for that platform. I could not beat Chaos, the final boss. I grinded daily, eventually weekly, finally monthly to upgrade my characters. I just could not get them strong enough to beat the game. Then one fateful summer, I went and visited my parents and my little half brother who was six years younger than me. And Joey, my youngest sibling, deleted my saved game. So ultimately, I never beat it. I’ve beaten other versions of the game, but the original proved too hard and time consuming. None-the-less, it was anRead More →

Paper Boy

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Dodge a dog, hop a fence, fire a newspaper through a window, and get chased down the street by an old woman in curlers. Who didn’t like the paperboy adventure?! Let this porter take you on a journey of caramel and malt with a nice pecan finish. Check out this 1984 Nintendo Paperboy commercial. Pre-boil Gravity: 1.032 Original Gravity: 1.061 Final Gravity: 1.016 ABV:5.91%                                                                                   Read More →

Dr. Mario

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a.k.a. Dr. Mario’s Artemisia Absinthium Elixer or Wormwood Beer for short. This beer is an experimental. Coming out of one of Bakfish’s homebrew challenges, we were each given grab bags of ingredients from Hopping Grape Homebrew Supply. My grab bag contents included: 5 lbs. of Unmalted Wheat 1 lb. of Double Roasted Crystal 1 oz of Galena Hops 1 oz of Callista Hops 1 bag of Artemisia Absinthium / Wormwood Herb When I opened the bag, I have to admit, I was kind of excited by the double roasted crystal grains and hops selections… but then I saw the wormwood. What the hell is “wormwood.”Read More →