Some Observations: California is a Mecca for Craft Beer. Idaho is not. But apparently neither is New Jersey, But Jim gets a lot more choice than me. New Mexico and Arizona, WTF? Denver Rocks! Abita Rules the Gulf Coast. Thank God for Alaska and Hawaii. New Glarus doesn’t ship far, but they make a lot. […]
Growth, growth, growth, growth, growthity growth! So much growth already. Craft beer is looking like the Dot Coms of the late 90’s early 2000’s. Oooh…That can’t be good. Or is it? Truth is we just don’t know. The craft beer industry continued its blistering pace of growth in 2010, during a down economy blah, blah, […]
Man, I don’t know about you, but this week has taken FOREVER to come to a close! I think it has to do with the time change and my body adjusting to the new light schedule, but I have been staying up late and getting up at an ungodly hour (my normal time) every day […]
In honor of the upcoming Holiday, instead of being an old stick in the mud like my brother Jim, I have decided to embrace the luck o’ the Irish and celebrate the day accordingly with the wearin’ o’ the green and an annual physical. Ok, not really a festive event but it was scheduled that […]
When I think about Hawaii, I think about King Kamehameha, Coconuts, and Sugar Cane. Increasingly however, I think about beer, good beer. Kona and Maui Brewing companies have mads some great beers and I have really come to appreciate brews like the Longboard Lager, Pipeline Porter, and Maui Brewing’s Coco Porter. So the latest entry […]
Well it has happened again. A major force in the craft beer movement has to pull out of states because demand is too high. It happened to me personally when Oskar Blues announced last year their withdrawal from Idaho, and it has happened again today with Dogfish Head announcing they are pulling out of four states. So […]
I never really thought of beer as a commodity before. It was a drink, and thanks to all the great brewers out there it is a fun and interesting drink. Truth is we don’t talk very much about the business side of making great craft beer. No, we just drink it and pretend that the […]
Here is the deal. Yesterday I posted about an amazing Rye IPA that was brewed by this man. This is a picture of Fred Colby the owner and Brewmaster of Laughing Dog Brewery. As I said in my previous post, Fred is one of the nicest, most genuine people you would ever want to meet. […]
We’ve all heard the stories about the old Paulaner Monks and their fasting during Lent. They drank water and Doppelbock Beer or “Liquid Bread” to survive the long fast over Lent. Well, one of our own is going to try the same thing. J. Wilson, a Blogger from mine and Jim’s old stomping grounds, Iowa […]
Let me start this post by saying that Fred Colby the owner of Laughing Dog Brewery is one of the nicest, warmest, most genuine people you will ever meet. I am fortunate to know him, and even more fortunate to be able to call him a friend. Also, what you need to know about Fred […]
Yes, Jim is in the Motherland on assignment for Beer and Whiskey Brothers. Ok, I made that part up but it sounds impressive! No he is on a very quick trip for work, some sort of laser Buck Rogers removal of sweat gland kind of thing. I just got a text from him and he […]
Jim has done a bunch of whiny posts about how he was sick and how craft beer came to his rescue. “Oh my back hurts, oh I don’t feel good, oh I just turned my shorts into a fudge factory”…please. His posts were about how craft beer made him feel better when he was ailing […]
I know you are sick of me saying it, but there is more innovation happening in the whiskey world, and it seems to be happening daily. I guess if everyone’s doing it is no longer innovative? I dunno, but what I do know is that the folks over at Bulleit have made a Rye that […]
I was talking with Fred Colby, Owner and Brewmaster for Laughing Dog Brewery, and he informed me that the Coeur d’Alene Brewery had shut down. That was quick. They made a pretty good pale ale that I reviewed about 8 months ago. At the time I thought Hummph…Thats too bad. Now you all know I […]
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