Tasting a glass of Brewer's Art Green Peppercorn Tripel

Sampling the Great Lakes Barrel-Aged Blackout Stout at a party. Yes, it really is as good as Beer Advocate users say.

A bottle of Sexual Chocolate from Foothills Brewing as spotted at a private Beer Advocate tasting. Delicious beer! I'll be featuring more photos from this tasting in the coming days. It was strictly for cellared, aged, one offs, limited or rare beers.

Beer selections at the Troegs brewery tasting room in Harrisburg, PA. Rumor has it that the brewery is relocating to Hershey, PA next year.

Some friends and I have started a new Homebrew club in Rochester, the Homebrewers of Rochester (HoRs). We met on Tuesday and one of our members was kind enough to bring a bottle of Rock Art Brewery's Vermonster. You know it as the beer that Monster Energy Drinks tried to get banned. A very tasty beer indeed. This is the aftermath of our meeting. Empty growlers, water for rinsing and the Vermonster.

Shot from the Magic Hat tasting during Happy Hour at the Tap and Mallet in Rochester, NY. The Magic Hat rep brought three beers: Lucky Cat IPA, Roxy Rolles (seasonal autumnal amber) and the new Odd Notion for this year which is a Belgian Chocolate Stout. Hand model is John a local Beer Advocate superstar.

Scene from a Belgian beer tasting at the Tap and Mallet in Rochester, NY. Included lots of Belgian and Belgian-style beers. This is only part of the lineup. Third from the left is a bottle of Westvleteren 8.

Zero Degrees is a great brewpub with four locations in the UK. This is a beer sampler from the Zero Degrees in Cardiff. A wheat, a pale, a czech pils, something with mango and a black lager.

Red Hook Brewery Tasting Glass Portsmouth, New Hampshire containing a German Weiss beer brewed in honor of Steve Schmidt.