Don and I have been looking forward to returning to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver for the past 11 months.  Last year we were GABF noobs and learned several lessons we were eager to apply to this year’s trip. Unfortunately, our plans were dashed, but that doesn’t mean others can’t benefit from our […]

I’ll be honest – I have beers in my house that I don’t even know about.  My brother sends me stuff, people give me samples, and I buy beers impulsively, not wanting to miss my chance to get my hands on something that might not be there next time. These days Dale’s Pale Ale is […]

I posted earlier this week about the eight big-brand beers that have seen their sales decline the most over the past five years.  I attributed at least part of the decline of these brands to consumers switching to craft beers, which some astute readers pointed out is just part of the story.  Here’s the other […]

I was digging around for some beer sales data this morning, when one bit of information struck me.  Now this is mostly speculation on my part, but I thought it was interesting enough to share. According to the Beverage Information Group sales of domestic beers were down around 2.3% last year, and most analysts chalk […]

A pounded pony and a punctured pal. What you see above is Perry Palm’s (the pony pounder) shiny new Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca Edition (the bossest of the Boss’s), which he wrapped around at tree this past Sunday.  Perry was hanging out at barbeque in Menominee Falls, Wisconsin enjoying many beers when he decided […]

As you may have read, Don and I have scrapped our GABF plans this year and are selling off our tickets to the Pints for Prostates Rare Beer Tasting, probably the best event of the festival. It truly sucks that we won’t be out there this year, but life sometimes gets in the way of […]

MSNBC.com recently shared some interesting statistics about which big beer brands have declined most rapidly over the past five years.  These, presumably, are the beers that have suffered the most at the hands of those pesky rebels in the craft beer industry.

Melanie Gravdal was fed up with the tepid market for her Glenview, Illinois townhouse, so she decided to up the ante.  Gravdal lives across the street from Grandpa’s Place, a pub that’s been in the community for 113 years.  She thought it wouldn’t hurt to add a $1,000 gift certificate to Grandpa’s into the package, and […]

One of the benefits of getting older is you that you can be a closed-minded cranky a-hole and people just accept it.  There’s even a word for it – “crotchety.” I’m now on the other side of 40, and my nagging back injury has worn me down and made me feel old, tired, and well…a […]

Loyal reader and bear enthusiast John King pointed me to a piece in the Wall Street Journal about the sport of Masskrugstemmen.  What the hell is Masskrugstemmen you ask?  Don’t feel bad, I had no idea either. 

Here’s something you don’t see every day, mugshots of Amish fellas, courtesy of the Graves County Jail in Kentucky.  Their shocking crime? 

We finally have an answer to the burning beer geek question of what type of beer President Obama shared with Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer.  According to the Marine Corp Times: A White House spokesman tells Marine Corps Times that the beer shared by Obama and Meyer was home-brewed there. It’s called White House […]

. I’ll admit that this is a bit obsessive, but our reader Alex got the wheels turning in my head and now they won’t stop. I made a half-joking  comment on the “Heroes get Beer” post that I hoped the beer Obama shared with Dakota Meyers was at least an Imperial Pilsner, and Alex said […]

Dakota Meyer sounds like the kind of guy you want having your back. The former Marine will receive the Medal of Honor today at the White House for saving 36 lives during a firefight in the Kunar Province in Afghanistan on September 8, 2009.

I’ve been drinking a lot of Dale’s Pale Ale lately, using it to soothe my gimpy back. Last night I found myself up in the mancave with a can of Dale’s and no glass.  Now, I’m fanatical about using glassware when drinking beer, and have been known to take a bottle out of someone’s hand […]