Narragansett Fest Lager

It's been a long day, so I won't be writing a huge posting tonight. But, tonight I'm drinking Narragansett Fest Lager. A seasonal beer from the Narragansett Brewery in Connecticut. The Narragansett Fest Oktoberfest was brewed at the Cottrell Brewery in Pawcatuck, CT. The brewski is made with four different types of malts, and two types of hops. The brew pours a nice dark orange color, somewhat reminiscent of amber lagers. The head fizzes quickly, but the tastes are great. This is a pretty solid 'toberfest, and I don't mind enjoying it here in January. And here's a fun tidbit, the jolly fellow on the can is the Patron Saint of Beer, King Gambrinus. 


This is a solid beer. Low alcohol too, 5.5%. I'd recommend finding this patron saint of Oktoberfests. 

State of the Union - gulp! Edition!

There won't be a review tonight; however, in the spirit of the 'State of the Union', I'm going to present some factoids and numbers for my readers. gulp! has been live for just over a year now, and I think there's been quite a bit of good growth to the site. Granted I don't get numbers like many of the larger blogging sites out there, but I think all things considered, we've had a pretty solid year. So without further adieu, here are some figures.

Since gulp! went live on January 22, 2011 we have received 3,566 pageviews
The most active pageview months were November 2011 (458 views), and January/December 2011 (441 views)
The month with the lowest activity was July 2011 with 107 pageviews

The most viewed posts were:
Big Flats 1901 aka "The Walgreens Beer": 123 pageviews
New Grist Sorghum Beer: 94 pageviews
Terrapin Wake 'N' Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout: 71 pageviews
The Steve Jobs tribute post: 69 pageviews
Fort Collins Brewery - Retro Red: 65 pageviews

The Top Referring URL has been twitter.com
The Top Referring Sites have been:
Google: 295
Facebook: 149
Twitter: 28

Here's where it gets REALLY interesting... Pageviews by Country:
United States: 2,952
Germany: 87
Latvia: 84
Russia: 69
Ukraine: 48
Italy: 24
United Kingdom: 22
Moldova: 16
France: 15
Canada: 12
(I love the internet, hah)

Over 66% of viewers are using the IE or Chrome browsers

Top Two Operating Systems:
Windows: 1,644
Mac: 1,201

The month with the most reviews was January 2011, the first month of "operations", where 13 beers were reviewed. Since then, the monthly average has been about 4 (oopsy).

So - to conclude, we've had a pretty decent year I guess. I'll try to do more reviews in 2012, just don't forget to look me up on Untappd because my numbers are pretty big on there - good for 1 sentence reviews haha. Thanks for viewin' and keep it comin!