19 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Matt R.

Name: Matt Robinson
Hometown: Waldron, IN
Hoosier Since: 1986
Knighted: July 2008
Gateway Beer: Guinness to get away from BMC, and then Bell's Oberon for craft beer
Favorite Beer Style(s): The well-crafted IPA and DIPA, Berliner Weiss, ESB, and Russian Imperial Stout
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Three Floyd's Alpha King, Bell's Two-Hearted
Favorite Special Occasion Beer(s): Three Floyd's Dreadnaught, Alesmith Yulesmith, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
Motto: I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer. --Sophocles
Favorite watering hole: MacNivens

18 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Rodney

Name: Rodney
Hometown: Fort Worth, TX
Hoosier Since: 1985
Knighted: July 2008
Gateway Beer: Bell's Amber
Favorite Beer Styles: ESB, Flanders Red, Stout
Favorite Everyday Beers: Broad Ripple Brewpub ESB, Rock Bottom Downtown Brown, Left Hand Milk Stout, Rogue Shakespeare Stout
Favorite Special Occasion Beers: Rodenbach Grand Cru, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, New Glarus Raspberry Tart, any Belgian Tripel
Motto: Have you read the Brewmaster's Table?

17 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Jess

Name: Jess
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Hoosier Since: 2001
Knighted: July 2008
Gateway Beer: Goose Island Honkers Ale
Favorite Beer Style(s): IPAs, Vegetable/Spice/Christmas BJCP category (especially Chile and Pumpkin beers), Stouts of all kinds
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Goose Island IPA, Dogfish Head Festina Peche, Rogue Chocolate Stout, Brugge Black, Oskar Blues Gordon, Bells Cherry Stout
Favorite Special Occasion Beer(s): Founders Devil Dancer, Firestone Walker Double Barrel Pale (only because we can't get it here), Goose Island Reserve Imperial IPA, Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Motto: "Put it in a bourbon barrel and I'll probably like it"

16 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Chris (CorrND)

Name: Chris
Hometown: Rochester, NY
Hoosier Since: 2002 (enrolled at Notre Dame in '97, if that counts)
Knighted: July, 2008
Gateway Beer: Three Floyds Alpha King
Favorite Beer Style(s): IPA, Belgian Tripel, Hefeweizen
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Bell's Two Hearted Ale, Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen, whatever I'm homebrewing
Favorite Special Occasion Beer(s): Bell's Hopslam, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Motto: It's five o'clock somewhere.

15 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Gina

Name: Gina
Hometown: New Baden, IL
Hoosier Since: 2001
Knighted: July 2007
Gateway Beer: Warsteiner Dark
Favorite Beer Style(s): Coffee Stout, Belgian anything.
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Schlafly Coffee Stout, DFH 60, Three Floyds GumballHead
Favorite Special Occasion Beer(s): DFH 90, Kasteel Rouge, Rodenbach Grand Cru, Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast
Motto: "Have you tried Schlafly's Coffee Stout?"

14 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Matt E.


Name: Matt
Hometown: Indianapolis
Hoosier Since: Birth
Knighted: November 2007
Gateway Beer: Rock Bottom Brickway Brown
Favorite Beer Style(s): IPA, Brown Ale & Stout
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Bell's Two Hearted, Dogfish Head 60 Minute
Favorite Special Occasion Beer(s): Dogfish Head 90 Minute
Motto: I can't read or write.

13 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Mike

Name: Mike
Hometown: Trenton, IL
Hoosier Since: 2001
Knighted: April 2007
Gateway Beer: Brugge Black
Favorite Beer Style(s): Belgian Tripel, Coffee Stout, IPA, Belgian Sour - Bigger is better.
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Dogfish 60 Minute, Bluegrass Brewing Co. Nut Brown Ale
Favorite Special Occasion Beer: Three Floyds Alpha Kong, any Mikkeller, Bluegrass Brewing Co. Jefferson Reserve Stout
Motto: "440 pixels wide, please."

12 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Kelly

Name: Kelly
Hometown: Waterloo, IN
Hoosier Since: birth, with a few lapses here and there
Knighted: way back in the day
Gateway Beer: Newcastle
Favorite Beer Style(s): Porter, Lambic (thanks Gina!), Hefeweizen
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Wabash Cannonball Porter, Bells Oberon
Favorite Special Occasion Beer(s): Dogfish Head 90 Minute, Rodenbach Grand Cru
Motto: what? You want me to actually write a review?

11 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Jim

Name: Jim
Hometown: Valparaiso, IN
Hoosier Since: Birth
Knighted: September 2006
Gateway Beer: Goose Island Hex Nut Brown Ale
Favorite Beer Style(s): Porters, Stouts, American Pale Ales and IPAs, Flemish Sour Ales, Trappist Ales, Belgian Witbiers, Hefeweizens
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, Flat12 Walkabout Pale Ale, Fountain Square Brewing Backyard Porter, Broad Ripple Brewpub Monon Porter, Three Floyds Gumballhead, Brugge Pooka, People's Pilsner, Ska Modus Hoperandi.
Favorite Special Occasion Beer(s): Three Floyds Zombie Dust, Dark Horse Tres Blueberry Stout, Rodenbach Grand Cru, New Glarus Raspberry Tart, Brugge Spider, Mikkeller Beer Geek Brunch Weasel, Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout, Trappistes Rochefort 10, BFM Abbaye de St. Bon Chien.
Motto: L'chaim!

10 January 2006

KOTBR Profile - Jason

Name: Jason
Hometown: Columbus, IN
Hoosier Since: 1977
Knighted: 2006
Gateway Beer: Rock Bottom Brickway Brown
Favorite Beer Style(s): anything hoppy, anything aged in bourbon barrels, and anything free
Favorite Everyday Beer(s): Bell's Two Hearted, Three Floyd's Gumballhead,
Favorite Special Occasion Beer(s): Bell's Hopslam, Mikkeller's Santa's Little Helper
Motto: Dammit Maples, where did you park your fuckin' car?