It is Interesting how often I get this question.  Whiskey can be quite intimidating for people who have never had it before, or the extent of their experience is getting so wasted on Jack Daniels in college that they haven’t touched the stuff for 20 years!  Well just like craft beer, Whiskey has gone through […]

As you all know by now, if you read this site, Oskar Blues is pulling out of Idaho.  I learned this on Friday morning, and Friday afternoon I went to my local beer store and cleaned them out of Dales Pale Ale and Old Chub.  So long OB, at least I got a few before […]

I can’t believe it!  WE are a victim of THEIR success!  Oskar Blues has announced that they are pulling out of Idaho!  No more Gubna, no more Old Chub, no more Ten Fidy, No more DALES!!  Patrick Orr from the Idaho Statesman broke the story on his blog here.  Seems that Oskar Blues has gotten […]

Apparently beer, specifically craft beer, is good for the economy.  In this article from NACS Washington state has seen their craft beer industry grow as other businesses are failing and the overall economy has tanked.  Here now is some empirical evidence that craft beer is a wise economic choice. There are all kinds of directions […]

Have you ever had a beer when absolutely nothing else would do?  You get that cold rush hitting your tongue.  As it makes its way to the back of your throat it is like taking a squeegee to a car window that has been caked with dirt that washes away the grime from weeks of travel. […]

Over 100 years ago Ernest Shackleton, famed Irish explorer had an expedition to try and reach the south pole.  And just like any good Irishman would do, he made sure that the expedition was well stocked with what else but Whisky and Brandy.  Well as things sometimes happen, he had to abandon his hopes to […]

The above image is not me, or Jim, because Jim is still on his long weekend.  But it could be given the way I feel right now.  I need a weekend to recover from my weekend.  I, however, am back.  So I have Total Blog Domination for the next two days!  Mwahhaha!  So what should […]

Here I am again!  The Super 8 Hotel in Grangeville, Idaho!  It has been a while since I have had a night of drinking here.  I began my evening by checking in and finding my glass and three beers that had been placed in my room by one of the hotel managers.  They are all […]

This was the quote from my son after he drank a sip of the Allagash White that I had poured last night.  I think I know what he was saying.  Now I know it is strange to be comparing anything for babies with beer, but there is a fruity fresh clean quality to this brew […]

If it isn’t Scottish …its Crap!  That was the old Mike Myers saying when he ran his Scottish Import Shop on Saturday Night Live.  After drinking Oskar Blues Old Chub Scottish Ale, I’m inclined to agree with him!  This was a beautiful ale that all bonified Kilt wearin’ Scotts should be proud to drink, and […]

Seattle has a lot going for it as a city.  I remember the first time I went there, it was for a conference all the way back in 1991.  I don’t even remember the conference, but I remember that it was a great place.  I stayed at the Westin Hotel in Downtown, and it is […]

My Brother Jim just reviewed a beer that had a strange metallic flavor that really was off putting. Otter Creek’s Quercus Vitis Humulus was a very unusual brew, and sounded like it should be great, but there was a flaw in its development that some are very forgiving of, and others cannot get past.  That […]

OK, so I never watched Lost.  I don’t understand any of the banter that happened on my own blog site today.  But I do understand that Hurley the lovable jerry curled pudgy dude spend 6 or 7 years on a desert island and never lost an ounce.  My kids used to joke that he found […]

Well the votes are still being cast as to who has the best beer state in the nation, but we thought we would give you an update as to where things stand right now.  If you try real hard these can change over the weekend, as it did with the State of Michigan who jumped from […]

Well Mr Gubna, Thanks for your service! Please don’t come back, and good luck with that library!  Well one thing you can say about the former gubna of Texas, and the former President of the US is he was a simple man.  What you saw was what you got!  A former drug addict, party boy […]