Ok, go ahead, call me a liar.  Not two days ago I said how I don’t drink beers out of season and here I am about to wax poetic about an absolutely beautiful IPA.  But here goes.  About two weeks ago I went to a dinner pairing event at Brewforia.  This event featured several stellar [...]

Those guys at Breckenridge are up to their old shenanigans.  Good one guys!

We all know that there is a certain order to things in the beer world, and to a lesser extent in the whiskey world as well.  For beer, Barleywines are a harbinger of spring time, IPAs make a big slpash in summer as do Saisons.  Fall leads to Marzen and Pumpking Brews and Winter is [...]

Time does change many things, but here is to hoping that time won’t change a thing about Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey.  There have been a lot of internal changes taking place at Stranahan’s.  A while back they were bought out by a multi-national conglomerate in the spirits industry called Proximo Beverage.  Then they contracted into just [...]

This is kind of fun.  Use you initials to find your blues name.  Mine is Old Harp Jones.  I wonder if that meand I’m a big fan of Harp Lager.  Perhaps I should try one someday. It is simple choose your first initial from the first list second from the second, etc. Let me know [...]

This is a hip x-ray.  Why would I be showing a hip x-ray on a beer and whiskey blog?  Well, because it happens to mean a lot to Jim and I right now.  Our Mother who is now flying solo since Dad’s exit from this mortal coil in August, is in need of a new [...]

January 16 1920.  The Puritans have run wild with power and have control of the Government of the United States, The Congress, the Judicial Branch, and the White House are all occupied by people who think they know what is best for everyone else. Today is the 92nd anniversary of Prohibition in the United States.  Never [...]

Should only be a few weeks until you see these bad boys on the shelf!  Love to see more good beer in cans.  Suppose we’ll every see 60 or 90 minute in cans?  Sam says no, but I’m not so sure.  I’ll bet Sam Adams is next. Thoughts?

Some of you may have heard about the Shitstorm that is happening today at Beer Advocate.  Someone panned Dogfish Head saying they were overrated and asked what breweries were overrated.  The negativity that ensued is Epic!  Here is the thread.  I personally liked what Sam Calgione had to say: It’s pretty depressing to frequently visit [...]

Ok, I know I posted about this around 12 months ago.  But it seems this is actually going to happen!  Panama based Scottish Spirits is actually going to be importing these things into the US markets.  At a very reasonable cost of $5 per can!  These are 12 fl oz cans, so for $5 you [...]

You would think with all the things that I am into with this blog right now that I could nary afford to not drink on a weekend, but that is exactly what I did this weekend.  I have four whiskey posts that I am trying to get to, including the Great Bourbon Challenge of 2012, [...]

These little piggies in a bubble wrap blanket represent the biggest challenge to my whiskey palate ever!  This is a little concoction cooked up by those crazies in Northern Idaho Jeff Whitman and Rob Wallace.  The owners of Selkirk Abbey (Idaho’s only all Belgian brewery) have thrown down the gauntlet and are proposing a challenge [...]

It is something of a quandary I find myself in, having to agree with my brother, but Jim is right about one thing.  It is hard to find beer that is both flavorful and lower in alcohol.  Living rural like I do, I often find myself a good distance from home when the mood strikes [...]

Well, this has taken me far longer than I anticipated, but at last I have found the winner of our first ever Single Barrel Showdown.  I left off in the middle of round two, with one challenge left.  That was the upstart new single barrel bourbon from Beam, Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve vs. Evan [...]

Let me begin this post by saying I am in no way complaining!  I had an absolutely wonderful Christmas this year, which was hard to believe given all the current challenges my family currently faces.  It was great.  We opened gifts, truly enjoyed each other’s company and with the exception of an overdone beef roast [...]