I can’t believe that Saturday’s freak snowstorm on the east coast has left thousands of homes in the dark STILL!  With over 19 inches of wet and heavy snow falling in parts of Northern New Jersey over 600,000 homes were impacted, and this includes my better half on this blog,Jim.  He didn’t have power Saturday […]

It seems like just a couple months ago when we were inundated with legal actions within the world of craft beer that just served to weaken companies that were responsible for the craft beer movement.  We were “eating our young” as it were with craft beer companies suing each other over beer names, employees, labels, […]

This morning on my way into work I had to make a quick WalMart run.  My wife has been couponing to save our family $$ and she made a run to WalMart yesterday, and had a few things she forgot so sent me this morning on my way into work.  As I was making my […]

Well you know how much we love lists around these parts, like not at all.  But this is a bit different than some of the other lists that have been put out there before.  The World Beer awards have come out for 2011, and these are a bit more unique than some of the other […]

That’s right, Mad Men’s Red Headed Bombshell thinks that scotch whisky is sexy.  It was one of the things that attracted here to her husband, Geoffrey Arend.  He ordered Scotch when they were out on a date, and she thought that was sexy.  I’d say it worked out well for Mr Arend!  You would never guess […]

Sometimes it is good to have well connected friends.  I went to Brewforia for lunch today and my buddy Rick who owns the placehad a friend drop this baby off for him a couple weeks ago.  I had heard that there can be a lot of issues with Pliny if it is too old.  Not […]

  Here is a quick video satire of the new brew collaboration between Dogfish Head and The Bruery.  Looks good, and I might be able to get a taste out here, so I’m looking forward to it hitting shelves.  

Hello, my Name is Don, my brother’s name is Jim, and we want to speak directly to you…the lurkers.  We know you are out there.  You come to the website every week and you look at what we post, and you read our comments.  You find this site entertaining so you keep coming back, but […]

The world of craft beer keeps getting bigger and bigger.  Let me, just as an example, talk about the Boise, Idaho area.  First we had the Boise Co-op with their craft beer offerings.  Then we got a couple bottle shops in Brewforia.  Then Wine markets began to carry a larger and larger selection of craft […]

Yesterday I posted about 5 things I love about this blog, and they were real and honest.  But to be completely honest I began to think if there are 5 things I love, there must be five things I hate, lest there be an imbalance in the force.  So I began to think about the […]

I was thinking about this today, and realized that there are several really good reasons that I love this blog.  What got me thinking about it was Jim’s post today where he refers to the Damn Blog, and I can totally relate.  Sometimes it is a bit of a grind.  Then I began thinking what […]

Its not easy being Green, and it turns out Kermit was right.  Last week my brother Jim posted about the Green choice, bottles or cans.  While it is true that both have their plus and minuses, there is actually no clear choice as to which is better for the environment, and actually can be different […]

Its that time of year again.  Time to dress up as your favorite ghoul or goblin and hit the Halloween parties.  I have never really gotten into the whole dress up thing.  Oh, we send the kids out and hand out candy on the day, etc, but Kathy and I have never been into going […]

I found this site on Reddit today.  This guy (his name is Sean) makes custom glass etchings, and I must say some of them are pretty cool.  His website, which he apologizes for up front, shows some of his handy work.  He seems to be quite talented and could make some great custom barware for you.  If […]

I’ve been giving the phenomenon of hype a bit of thought lately.  We see it everyday in our daily lives.  You gotta get the new iPhone, the new Mini Cooper ;), that new blockbuster movie was awesome!  We hear it so much we generally begin to ignore it in our every day lives, its just a part […]