Coach Boone and Youst from the classic Disney film “Remember the Titans”.  This was a great movie, albeit a little sappy but tells of an interesting time in our nation’s history and how sport brought together people of different ethnicities and socioeconomic strata to fight for a common goal.  Blah blah blah.  The good thing […]

So far this season we have reviewed a host of fall seasonal beers.  We have pitted them against one another like the review Jim did of Southern Tier’s Pumking vs Avery’s Kaiser, as well as the more traditional reviews I did of Sam Adams Octoberfest, and Shipyard’s Pumpkinhead.  Plus I know there are plenty of […]

Here is a video of the folks at Victory brewing selecting their hops for the year!  Take’s me back to the Hop Freezer.  Amazing stuff.  I jealous now.  Enjoy.

Well the Obvious answer here is YES! It is certainly possible to get inebriated by consuming too much beer in one sitting.  That really isn’t my question, more my question is do you get drunk on beer?  Personally I find it difficult to drink enough on beer, even big beers to feel intoxicated. I’m thinking […]

Yes, It has finally happened after 14 months of spewing our lunacy all over the beer and whiskey world we finally hit our 500th post.  We did so with little fanfare, and talking about dumping out perfectly good beer. Yes, Jim’s pour out post was officially our 500th foray into the blogging world.  You would […]

Will work for Booze is the mantra on the Stranahan’s bottling line in their micro distillery in Denver, Co.  Stranahans is a relatively recent comer in the world of small batch whiskey and an example of how a micro distillery can make it in today’s economic climate. They began to bottle their whiskey about a […]

There has been a lot of talk about beer versus wine already, and my thought here today is not to rehash the subject, but last week I was stuck in a quandary.  I wanted beer, but there was no good craft brew to be had, so I ended up drinking a lot of wine.  Now, […]

Sunday Afternoon I had the pleasure of cracking open a 2010 Old Stock Ale from North Coast Brewing.  This is an old style English ale that is just beautifully crafted and a real treat.  It is 12.5% ABV with all the flavors in the glass beautifully integrated to where I didn’t even notice the alcohol. […]

OK, so enough GABF already.  This isn’t going to be another post where I go on and on about how great GABF was.  What I do want to emphasize here is how it has messed me up for this entire week.  Jim and I joked while we were in Denver that the GABF killed our blog, […]

Today is the first day of Fall!  A great time of year, my personal favorite.  Crisp and sunny days, bright colors and cooler temps.  What is not to love.  And of course this is the unofficial time when the beer community jettisons their pilsners and lagers in favor of more hearty offerings like stouts, porters, […]

This is Frank from Victory Brewing in Downingtown Pennsylvania.  Jim and I got to meet Frank when we were at the brewery in April, and he is a super nice fella.  Frank also runs Victory’s yeast lab, and I nicknamed him the “Yeast Whisperer” because he really is into the awesome power of those little […]

Jim and I just got back from GABF on Sunday.  My liver was pickled and I had no cravings for booze of any kind Sunday afternoon or evening.  Then Monday morning I started to get a craving that I really couldn’t put my finger on.  I thought about it, and I ran throught all the […]

I really loved going to GABF.  It was a time that I hope to experience again, and Jim and I have learned some lessons about when to go and what to do, etc, but when Sunday morning rolls around it is time to pack up and go home.  Jim and I went on Friday, and […]

Truth is Jim and I are totally jazzed (probably a bad expression for me to use–Listen to our Next Podcast) to be going to GABF this year.  Not only will we be yucking it up with brewers and bloggers alike, but we will also have an opportunity to catch up with our cousin David who […]

With a beer name like “Crotch Sniffing Bastard” and explanation is due.  It goes like this: when Ben, the Laughing Dog the brewery is named after, was a pup he used to like to say “hello” by sticking his nose in your crotch and giving a good sniff.  One of their friends coined the term […]