Oatmeal cookie beers; beers resembling a Manhattan cocktail; beers brew with…bacon?

Brooklyn Brewery is by far one of my favorite breweries.  While I enjoy crazy concoctions such as those mentioned above, I feel that I always gravitate towards something “bold, but smooth” at the end of the day.  For me, it’s nice to sip a brew from Dogfish Head or another more experimental brewery, but if it was possible out here in Oregon, I’d have Brooklyn beers in my fridge all the time.

This article provides a nice little glimpse into the life of Garret Oliver, brewmaster and an individual whose job I deeply covet.  How could I not when the man describes his book research like this:

“I had help from sommeliers and chefs who let me come into their restaurants, order lots of small dishes, haul in crates of beer, and then spend all day tastin