Today is D-Day for Wilderness Brewing’s Kickstarter campaign.  Nate and Mike, our blogging buddies from Thank Heaven for Beer are in the last 24 hours of their campaign to raise $40,000 seed money to start their very own brewery.  I’ve never had any of their beer, but I hope to, and from the raves it gets […]

Its everywhere and it is ubiquitous.  Heineken owns Las Vegas.  At least it seemed that way to me.  But let me start at the top.  My Son had a Basketball tournament in Las Vegas last week.  So we decided to make a little mini vacation out of it.  We took a couple of days after […]

  …is poking fun at Jim’s expense, of course!  So, above is a picture of Jim’s new car.  Spankin’ new is a matter of fact.  Looks like little brother is hitting that “Mid-Life Crisis” stage where he buys something fun and completely impractical!  Jim and I have been texting back and forth about which car […]

This was a great pairing with which to begin my Single Barrel Showdown.  Frankly, I don’t think I could have picked two better single barrel bourbons to begin this.  They were similar in some ways, the Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit (WTKS) was 101 proof, the McKenna was 100 proof and Bottled in Bond.  The WTKS […]

The time is drawing very near.  I’ve mentioned this in the comments, but I am making it official here today.  I will be doing a Single Barrel Showdown.  Eight single barrel whiskeys pitted against each other in bracket style.  Trouble is I haven’t completed the bracket yet. See, I only have 7 of the 8 […]

    For me it will be some of the Sam Adams Latitude 48 deconstructed bottles.  Got to get them into the fridge!  Also I have that new bottle of Jim Beam Devil’s cut, and I have a new bottle of Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve that I’m going to crack into.  120 proof and […]

When you Google “affordable luxury” on images, all manner of pictures come up for your perusal.  I found this one to be the most hilarious!  In and amongst all the Audi’s, BMWs, diamonds, and luxury resorts (none of which are very affordable in my world) was this photo which represents “Affordable Luxury” in Cambodia!  This […]

Well you thought Wisconsin had problems!  Take a look at their neighbor, Minnesota.  The State government in Minnesota has been shut down over the last two weeks while lawmakers try to figure out how to pay the bills.  Well this has had a concequence that I don’t think any of them considered while they dug […]

  Well my sleep saga continues, but I think I may have come across a solution.  Last night after dinner I had a little pool maintenance to take care of, then we needed to find a hotel for an upcoming trip to Vegas.  That took until around 9pm and I was afraid that I wasn’t […]

This guy looks like I feel.  I don’t know what is going on, but for the last several weeks I have gotten into a very bad sleeping schedule.  I wake up around 5:30am every weekday.  Go to work at 6:30.  Work (and throw up these quick blog posts every day until around 4:30 or 5. […]

  I don’t know how much I can continue to gush over and like, no love the beers from Ninkasi Brewing in Eugene, Oregon.  You guys and gals are going to start thinking I’m on their payroll, but I promise I am not.  Last week I picked up a bomber of their Total Domination IPA […]

Well someone has gone and done it.  Direct marketing of beer to women.  Now don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against marketing to women, but the question is, does this step over the bounds of good taste?   Before anyone goes all postal  (lookin’ at you Zac) it needs to be stated that this is the brainchild […]

What a difference 6 years makes!  Last week I reviewed Jura 16, the 16 year old Single Malt whisky from the isle of Jura.  That was a very viscous fruity smelling, caramel and vanilla delight.  Jura 10 is a different character entirely.  Don’t let the bottle fool you, this whisky is a total departure from […]

It is the 5th of July, that dreaded day when everyone must go back to work with hangovers and too little sleep.  Hopefully you got a chance to have a barbecue or see a rousing 4th of July fireworks display.  Where I live, the city puts on their display on the 3rd and then on […]

Finally a Pilsner I can get behind!  Avery Joe’s Pilsner was Avery Brewings first foray into canning beer.  It was their first release in cans about a year ago.  I talked about it here.  Well it finally made its way to Idaho (only took a year)!  As soon as I saw it I picked a […]