I’m hoping to NOT find this out the hard way.  I homebrew with a standard 20 pound propane tank fueling a Bayou Burner Classic (sexy, I know!) and I’m trying to figure out when I should refill the tank. 

Many brewers decide to “go big” when crafting an anniversary beer, but Victory Brewing Company has decided to “go wide.”  Instead of crafting a rare and complex brew to celebrate their 15th anniversary, Victory has decided to stand behind what makes them great – crafting delicious beers that most anyone will love while supporting their […]

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… I love your color…your golden and amber charms have me entranced at first sight I love the way you smell…Like a beautiful woman, your smell makes me draw near I love your legs…long and sexy they fill me with desire and let me know I […]

Gone are the days of the white guys in suits sitting in a smoky boardroom coming up with catchy slogans and jingles for the next great hair gel, whiskey, cigarette, or cereal.  Today’s advertising is sleek, budget driven, and results oriented.  Produce or there are 10 other ad agencies that will want my meager fees […]

Valentine’s Day is almost upon us, and I think this is going to be my best one yet, at least as a craft beer geek.  My wife and I are abandoning the kids and heading out for Downingtown, Pennsylvania for the weekend to visit the Victory Brewing Company. Will you Be Mine? Yes, oh yes […]

I had the “pleasure” of spending some times in New Orleans the past few days.  I didn’t put “pleasure” in quotes because New Orleans isn’t a fun town, I put it in quotes because I was there for a conference and didn’t get the chance to get out much. I did manage to escape the […]

Yesterday I posted about Ashley Payne the Barrow Georgia School District English teacher that was forced to resign based on this photo of her on vacation in Europe.  Her transgression?  Well drinking BEER of course!  So clearly this is patently unfair. UGH!  Well I think it is time to put some pressure in her behalf […]

This is the photo that got Ashley Payne, a High School english teacher fired from her Job at Apalachee HS in Barrow County, Georgia.  Nevermind the fact that she was on vacation, nevermind the fact that she didn’t friend students on her Facebook page where the photo was found, nevermind the fact that she did […]

Over the past couple of decades there has been a lot of innovation in the whiskey industry.  One particular type of “innovation” took whiskey back to its roots and allowed for a pure form of whiskey to come back into the market.  The “single barrel” whiskey is how whiskey used to be.  They’d distill it, […]

Nick Collins, You’re the MAN!  When he returned the interception from Ben Roethlisberger to the end zone I thought it was going to be an easy win.  Then when the Pack went up by 17, 21-3 I thought man, this might be a blow out.  Then the Packers became the Packers and lost three of […]

We’ve officially hit 10,000  comments here on the blog! The lucky winner (of our admiration) is John, who said: I retried Dragons Milk (because of you and Don) and it went from Ehhh to Yumm. Sometimes we’re just not in the mood for a particular beer. No matter how good it is. Not only is […]

I always like to try a beer more than once, especially one I didn’t like.  There’s always a chance that I just wasn’t in the right frame of mind when I tasted it the first time, and that it’ll be more pleasing the second time around. My experience last night with Founders 2010 Nemesis  was […]

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Every once in a while a story comes along that gets you so conflicted that you really don’t know how to approach it, so you don’t.  This is what happened to me yesterday.  I was combing my usual sources for a post I could put together yesterday when I came across the story I’m about […]

There are lots of predictions flying around this week about which team will win the Super Bowl based upon statistics, match ups and even the whims of a monkey made of coconuts. But in these parts, it’s all about the beer, so let’s see how these competitors stack up based upon their locally-available brews.