Yesterday was a hectic day.  It began well enough, sleeping in until about 9 am (a real luxury in my house), with morning coffee and the paper, and some good conversation with my wife.  That afternoon however was where it all began to fall apart.  See lately my wife has been into the whole coupon […]

Rogue Brewery has taken the Terroir movement to heart, growing all their ingredients within the state where the reside, and making some pretty good beer with it at the same time.  Truth is this is the ONLY way Terroir works.  If you get apples grown in your state but they are small and come with […]

With the news of Victory Brewing closing their doors to behind the scenes brewery tours, it got me to thinking about the tours I’ve been on.  Now I’m one of the lucky people that have been able to actually tour Victory Brewing, so take what I say with however big a grain of salt you […]

This one has been floating around the interwebs for a while now, but I thought I would share it for those of you who might not have seen it before.  It clearly demonstrates how beer is made so awesome!

In this case a picture is worth a thousand words.  I want to first of all say I drank this beer, it was good.  I’ve had better saisons that I liked a lot more, but this was good.  For me it hit right in the middle of the great beer/bad beer continuum.   It was drinkable. […]

Remember when you were a kid and your Mom or Dad would say, “Lets go for Ice Cream!”  The instant release of endorphins as you loaded into the family truckster for that trip to Baskin Robbins, or DQ, or where ever.  Truth is it didn’t matter where you went for the ice cream, the Ice […]

Well it is getting to be that time of year again.  Time to dust off the old liver and really give it a go at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF).  This will be Jim and I’s second trip to Denver for the event, and I am looking forward to it more this year than […]

Well the weekend is almost upon us and it is Father’s Day on Sunday.  What are your plans?  And what will you be drinking?  I’m thinking about taking my youngest fishing on Sunday and perhaps relaxing with a nice drink and a great cigar.  I have just received a new bottle of Wild Turkey 81 […]

A couple weeks ago I went up to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and one afternoon we hopped the border over to Spokane Washington.  There we went to a really cool tap house that was in an old radiator shop.  Is a matter of fact it was called the Radiator Shop.  Great tap brews.  I had a […]

I remember in College I went to a Travers Show at the 5 season’s center in Cedar Rapids, IA.  It was actually the second time I had seen Pat and he was on FIRE!  This was in about the middle of his set and was a huge crowd pleaser.  Jim and I will be back […]

My friends Jeff Whitman and Rob Wallace invited me up for a little get together they had at their awesome mancave a couple weeks back.  These guys love good beer!  And they are taking their love to the next level.  The mancave was designed to be a brewery with a members only club in the […]

We all know that Craft beer is great for drinking, and some of us are lucky enough to make a living in the craft beer industry, but what about the masses?  Craft beer is getting all grown up, and like a kid wearing a tuxedo for the first time, people (with money) are beginning to […]

The crumbling remains of the Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery may be foretelling of this brand’s future.  Pabst Blue Ribbon has gone from blue collar, working class staple to almost extinct, to a resurgent hipster brand that has been closely identified with the folks who look like they are the product of a grunge artist and a preppy. […]

Just because the Dubhe has me in the mood.  Enjoy!

I had an amazing beer experience last night, and just had to share it this morning.  My friend Chad, the @BeerPoet from Twitter and Facebook Fame turned me onto the Dubhe Black IPA from Uinta Brewing in Salt Lake City.  Yes, them Mormons know their beer…apparently.  The name of this beer is an obvious double […]