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 […]

News out of the Europe is that SABMiller is launching an authentic line of Belgian craft beers after inking a distribution agreement with the Van Steenberge brewery in Ertvelde, Belgium, and the Saint Stefanus monastery. The beers will be offered in select markets (no word on US distribution yet) under the St. Stefanus label, the namesake […]

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 […]

If you’re like me, then you have certain must-have beers that mark the holiday season.  And if your must-have beers are seasonal brews, you know that you must strike while the shelves are full to ensure you have what you need when those special days roll around.  For me, the holiday beer hoarding just began […]

When it comes to gender, our readership is a little lopsided.  Of the 12,000 or so folks who came through the site over the past month, 68% of our were dudes and 32% were ladies.  This is a bit less balanced than other spirits-related blogs, which tend to be about 55% men to 45% women.  […]

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 […]

Before I had kids, I had no idea what a problem peanut allergies have become.  Now it seems that every class my kids are in and every sports team they are on includes at least one child with a dangerous allergy to nuts. One trace of peanut protein can cause an allergic child to swell […]

  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 […]

Yesterday I posted the five things I hate about craft beer, and number five on that list was homebrewing.  While I love the IDEA of homebrewing, I tend to slack off when it comes to actually doing the work, which leads to guilt, which leads to stress, which leads to me saying I hate homebrewing […]

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 […]

They say you always hurt the ones you love, and I have decided to take my pissy mood out on my beloved craft beer. Here are the five things I hate about craft beer, in no particular order.