I’ll fess up – I’m a bit of a Facebook whore.  If you send me a friend request, I’ll probably accept it as long as you’re not a really hot chick with only one picture on your profile and broken English on your Wall.  I also tend to avoid folks with facial tattoos, which probably […]

I’m spending a couple of days in Milwaukee this week, and I decided to drag my family downtown for lunch yesterday.  My sisters recommended the Milwaukee Ale House so we decided to check it out.  They mostly said they liked the food (which wasn’t anything special) and were sort of “whatever” about the beer, which […]

I’ll admit it – I’m not the spring chicken that I once was.  There was a time when I had no interest in beers with an ABV below 8%.  All I wanted were boozy, toe curling brews that hammered my face with flavor.  But then something happened.  I got old, and have begun to appreciate […]

Something odd happened to me on Saturday evening.  I cracked open a beer, took a sip, and realized that I had something better to do than drink it.  This isn’t typical, as enjoying a beer on Saturday night is one of my favorite leisure activities.  But that evening was different.

I’m super jammed at work today and Don is off in Las Vegas schooling his boys in the fine art of pole dancing appreciation, so I reached into the vault for this one.  It’s a quiz we put together to help you determine your personal level of craft beer obsession.  As many of you guys […]

Ask Men just released their 2011 Great Male Survey and it turns out that the majority of dudes (35%) consider beer to be the “ultimate man’s drink.” Whiskey came in second at 28% (I knew there was a reason it’s after beer in our blog title!), Scotch at 27%, “whatever Don Draper is drinking” (ugh) […]

The world got a little less hardcore last week, as folks over in Russia have officially declared beer to be alcohol.  Before now, anything under 10% alcohol by volume was considered a foodstuff, not booze.  You know, like breakfast cereal! 

I really thought that the trend of creating beers for a certain demographic would peter out, but instead they just keep on coming.  First we reported on Calsberg’s beer for ladies (and stylish men), then it was the Mexican beer aimed at the gays, then there was Chick premium lager. Now Molson Coors are jumping […]

Thank god it’s Friday, and even better, I have the day off! I intend to spend it exerting the least amount of effort possible, starting with this blog post.  The upside is it’ll be an easy read.  The downside is you have to help out here. A couple of weeks ago I did a post […]

Leave it to beer geeks to muck up an otherwise sacred event.  If you’re from Utah, you know that July 24th is Pioneer Day, an official state holiday commemorating the arrival of the first Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on that day in 1847.  The day is marked with fireworks, parades, rodeos and, […]

A study from the University of Washington is shedding some light on a phenomenon that many of us may have some experience with.  The study shows that young adults acknowledge the positive effects from alcohol consumption and tend to gloss over the negative ones. It’s a sort of selective memory. They remember that their jokes […]

We often say that our readers are the lifeblood of this site.  You give us your time, your feedback and your expertise, which frequently outstrips our own.  So when we lined up a (typed) interview with Sam Calagione, we figured we owe you guys and gals the chance to chime in with your questions for […]

Here’s something I never thought I’d say; I wish I lived in Buffalo, New York.  Okay, so it’s not true – I’d kill myself in the winter – but life certainly just got a little more interesting for beer geeks in Western New York. Twelve Sunoco gas stations in the region have been testing out […]

early I’m commuting into NYC today by train, and even though it’s early I could sure go for a beer. I’m packed into a small seat on a bumpy tin can having to listen to a woman with a thick Jersey accent prattle on loudly about nothing important on her cell phone. But at least […]

Okay I’ll admit it – I’m a beer snob!  I won’t preach at folks or judge them for drinking whatever they like, but I have high standards about what I drink.  I’m also a car snob and sometimes can’t fathom why folks would spend good money on a boring appliance when they can be driving […]