It was nice meeting a bunch of you at the St. Louis Brews homebrew meeting last night. A lot of beers to be had last night, I noticed some of you had to drop out. For shame! On to the Round-Up:

Stuff from around the web

• The Bible, Beer and the New York Times
• Science, Burgers and Beer
• Lee Koehler reviews Schlafly Kolsch
• Anheuser-Busch and the NHL, BFF.

Beer Releases and News

• Andy from Whole Foods let’s us know about some new beers he has in his stock (and remember if you don’t see it on the shelf, be sure to ask for it):
  • Bell’s Brewery - Oberon Mini Kegs
  • Lefthand Rye Bock 750ml
  • New Grist 6pks
  • Reunion bombers
  • Maredsous 8 & 10 4pks
  • Ommegang Witte 750ml
  • Southern Tier Cherry Saison
• Paul at The Wine and Cheese Place in Clayton alerts me to some new beers he has in stock at the Clayton and Rock Hill locations:
  • BrewDog Punk IPA (660)
  • BrewDog The Physics (660)
  • Paradox 009 Ardbeg Stout (330)
  • Paradox 005 Glen Moray Stout (375)
  • Samichlaus 2006 3 liter bottle
  • Southern Tier Cherry Saison
  • Left Hand Rye Bock
  • Left Hand Twin Sisters Double IPA
• Mike Cherre, Beer Consultant at Lukas Liquor posts on their blog some of the new selections they have in stock:
  • Left Hand Rye Bock (750ml bottles)
  • BrewDog: The Physics (22oz bottle)
  • BrewDog: Punk IPA (22oz bottle)
  • J.W. Lee’s Calvados 2006
  • Leipziger Gose
  • Jan de Lichte Double Wit
  • Schlafly Reserve Imperial Stout 2007
  • Schlafly Reserve Barleywine 2007
  • New Belgium La Folie

Here’s a list of upcoming beer events:

• June 6 & 7 - St. Louis Microfest
• June 17 - STL Hops Meet Up
• June 21 - Hermann’s Rhythm and Brews

If you didn’t see it yesterday, Ian from the RFT linked to an article in the New York Times talking about some of the Imperial/Double/Crazy IPAs that some breweries are doing right now. While almost none of the beers listed on their taste test are available in St. Louis (with maybe the exception of the Great Divide beers) many of these are available just across the river in Illinois.

If you’ve never had the chance to try their choice for the best Imperial IPA, Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA, you need to make your way over the river quickly. It’s a wonderful beer that packs a wallop of in your face hops, but backs it up with a tasty malt backbone.