On my recent foray up to Northern Idaho we took a day to tour the lakes region, which includes the areas around Coeur d’Alene and Sandpoint, Idaho.  Well one of my favorite Idaho Breweries just happens to be located just outside Sandpoint, Idaho in the small town of Ponderay.  The Laughing Dog Brewery is a […]

Seems there is another big name getting into the flavored Whiskey business.  In September Evan Williams a Whiskey produced by Heaven Hill Distilleries will launch their version of a cherry flavored whiskey.  Evan Williams Cherry Reserve will be a 70 proof liqueur that will go head to head with Beam’s Red Stag for the flavored whiskey […]

I’m back and ready to tell of my travels.  This will be done in two parts, because there is simply too much to tell in just one post.  Tomorrow I will put together a post of my trip to Laughing Dog Brewery, but today I’m just going to let you all know where I was […]

This is the best chicken in the world, and the easiest one to make too!  All you need is a grill, a can, some beer, and spices.  I have a gas grill, so I have to have enough propane to last for approximately 1.5 hours of cook time.  All you do is get a whole […]

Around these parts when people say Snoqualmie this is the image that is conjured up.  Feet and feet of snow shutting down the pass on I-90 east of Seattle in the Cascade Mountain range.  But there is another Snoqualmie in these parts now, and with any luck it will put far better images into your […]

First it was penguins, then it was battleships, then stuffed squirrels, now tattoos? Seems the guys over at BrewDog are again in a bit of hot water for encouraging irresponsible drinking.  They are about to open their first brewpub in Aberdeen, Scotland in September.  They are planning to have a tattoo artist on hand for […]

Basically Red just twittered this absolutely hilarious post by Tom Scott.  You should check out his taxidermy skills!  Seriously I think he might have another career if he ever cares to take it up.  Click on the link to his web site and prepare to laugh! Enjoy.  http://www.tomscott.com/beer/

Seems like there are so many new trends in the whiskey world.  Well here is one that I personally am very interested in, and intrigued by.  This is Whiskey in its purest form, White Dog.  Otherwise known as White Lightening, Moonshine, Shine, Bug Juice, pick a name, what you are drinking is the raw distillate […]

It finally happened!  After 25 years of abstinence I have to abstain no longer.   There is a story here of college-aged overindulgence.  See I used to drink fizzy yellow beer like everyone else.  My beer I drank to impress was Michelob, but the standard in the dormatory was Old Style.  I grew tired (at a very […]

Well as some of you know last week we began our podcasting for the Beer and Whiskey Brothers.  The shows will be available soon through iTunes but there is a bit of a delay because iTunes has to listen to and approve the first one, then we should be able to post immediately after they […]

Well the folks at Avery have gone and done it again.  They have taken the flavors of the summer and bottled it for us all to get a taste.  I know what you are saying, how can you taste a season, and I agree it is difficult to explain, but I will try my best. […]

Well, as some of you know the picture above is the view off of my front porch.  You can see that summer is FINALLY here, as the grass is starting to turn a little brown even with being irrigated 2 times a day, and where it isn’t irrigated it is deep brown fire hazard type […]

Well now they’ve gone and made me really mad!  As many of you are aware Oskar Blues made an announcement that they were pulling out of Idaho in order to make their brew more available in larger markets.  Sheesh, just expand already!  You can read all about the announcement here. When I wrote that other […]

It finally happened.  I had heard of it happening to others, but I thought it would never happen to me…but it did.  There was no other way to prove I fit in.  I had to drink a fizzy yellow beer…and it was…Awful! Let me tell you how I got to this lowly state.  My 18 […]