Writer archives: Bill West

Beer Bites : Jinx

Jinx (Alcohol Content: 6.9 percent)Magic Hat Brewing CompanyThree out of fourMagic Hat Brewery set out to create a beer that people could drink during the… Read more »

Early release

Ask and ye shall receive.This mantra held true when Sterling Proffer and Kelly Bertog asked Student Association Comptroller Michael Rizzolo for Block Party funding months… Read more »

Beer Bites : Murphy's Irish Stout

Murphy's Irish Stout (Alcohol Content: 4 percent)Murphy Heineken Brewery Ireland Ltd.Three and a half out of four mugsMurphy's is the lightest and sweetest of the… Read more »

Thirsty Thursday - 11/15/07

Saranac Season's Best (Alcohol Content: 5.3%)Matt Brewing CompanyThree out of four mugsWhen it came to naming this beer, Saranac clearly mailed it in. Season's Best… Read more »

Once upon a time

One glass of scotch and a comment about breasts nearly crippled Syracuse University's 44-year-old creative writing program in 1995.Jennifer Cotter, an English graduate student in… Read more »

Thirsty Thursday - 11/08/07

                Samuel Adams Cream Stout (Alcohol Content: 4.69 percent)The Boston Beer Co.Four out of four mugsCold, blustery weather calls for a hearty beer that will keep… Read more »

Thirsty Thursday - 11/01/07

Chocolate Indulgence (Alcohol content: 7 percent)Brewery OmmegangThree mugs out of fourFor the 10th anniversary of its founding in October, Brewery Ommegang introduced its new seasonal… Read more »

Thirsty Thursday

Brewers manipulate starchy substances - the most common being barley grain - to generate the sugar that interacts with strains of yeast and transforms into… Read more »