When my brother sent me this bottle of Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout I was thinking, I hope I don’t have to eat my words.  You see back when we started this blog Jim’s first ever post was about a Sam Adams Chocolate Bock, and he said it wasn’t that good.  Then, being the wise […]

Man there was a lot going on in this beer!  It was perhaps one of the most interesting brews I have ever drank, and that perhaps isn’t saying too much, because I’m still relatively new to this whole beer review thing.  For example my Brother Jim has swilled down many more pints in his day […]

The Box is a film by Warner Brother’s Pictures that was released late last year, about a couple that are struggling financially (Who isn’t?) and they have a creepy old guy come up to them, played by Frank Langella who I might add plays a great old creepy dude, and propositions them. They can get $1,000,000 just […]

I don’t really understand why Lagunitas decided to name their excellent ale the “Hairy Eyeball.”  See the phrase giving someone the Hairy Eyeball is used to indicate skepticism, or disapproval.  Well this beer was very good, and was so from the first sniff to the last drink, and everywhere in between.  So why the name? […]

Last week the guys over at Thank Heaven for Beer put together a Sip With Us Saturday and invited me to participate.  Well, I’m not sure if I am the brightest bulb on the tree or not, but I took that to mean that they wanted a review of the beer that I chose, so […]

When you Google “A Match Made in Heaven”  this picture comes up.  And it got me thinking, is beer Divinely Inspired?  We are in the season of Lent right now.  Sometimes Lent is called Holy Season.  One thing the Christian Holy Season lets us do is reflect.  Reflect on our lives, the people who are […]

I was struck by something as I was walking to lunch last week.  I walked by a restaurant that was taking beer deliveries for the weekend, and parked in a row were three delivery vehicles.  Closest to the street was a Widmer van.  Widmer is a smallish craft brewery from Portland that has a lot […]

A couple of months back I picked up a Sierra Nevada Stout.  I kinda figured it wouldn’t be a really great stout like Bourbon County, partly because it was from a larger craft brewer, and it wasn’t in their special releases that tend to be bigger more complex offerings.  Nope, this one is just their […]

I seem to have this problem with single barrel whiskeys, they seem thin to me.  I’ve talked about it before, here and in the online bourbon forums.  If a bourbon is taken from a single barrel it tends to be incomplete.  I think small batch is a much better way to go if you are […]

Well everyone, it worked.  Brewforia the beer market in Boise that also ships beer via an internet business will be getting shipping contracts in place this week with both FedEx and UPS.  We’ve been making a lot of noise on this site over the last few days to try and help out a local Entrepreneur with a […]

Well in the case of Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout this holds true. The 13% ABV Stout has been aged in bourbon barrels and this aging imparts a significant smoky quality to the stout that is really quite striking when you first taste it.  It reminded me a little of liquid smoke at first, but […]

We have been saying a lot about the situation a local Boise beer market has run into with trying to ship product to customers from internet orders for the business.  Well the story is clarified by Rick Boyd, Owner of the Brewforia Beer Market.  Like many who take the time to write extensive and substantive […]

This is an issue that my Beer Guy and friend Rick Boyd at the Brewforia Beer Market has been grappling with for the last several months.  It seems that someone within UPS or FedEx hates beer.  So much so that they are refusing to ship product from the Brewforia Beer Market in Boise, Idaho.  See […]

I’m gettin’ a little tired of Rogue Ales.  See the Rogue Brewery in Newport, Oregon has some very good beers.  Their Dead Guy Ale is a great daily drinker.  Sweet, bitter, and complex with a creamy mouthfeel it is a great brew for an every day beer that is not too expensive and very accessible. […]

Well it is Oscar Weekend, and anybody who is anybody will be out partying and having a great time into the wee hours of the night after the Academy Awards.  One thing is for sure there will be lots of eating, and LOTS of drinking.  Actors from across the globe will be imbibing to celebrate […]