This was my first time attending the Boise Beer Festival, and frankly I wasn’t prepared for the crush of people in the beer tents and the overall zaniness of the event.  Loosely controlled chaos was my first impression, but as you get into the festival, you understand that there is a rhythm that keeps things moving and […]

As a beer nerd, you gotta love yeast, the industrious little critters who give every beer you drink the magical spark of life.  You may know that yeast cells congregate in little clumps converting sugars into alcohol, but do you know WHY they work in teams? Scientists at a small Massachusetts college (some place called […]

I just received an email from Northern Brewer saying they are having a 40% off sale on their Deluxe Home Brewer Starter Kit from now until August 22nd.  The kit is the same one I bought to get started and I’m very happy with it – it has everything you need and nothing you don’t.  […]

Good beer always makes you feel better.  That’s true after a long day at work, or after a verbal skirmish with your significant other,  or as it turns out, when the world in general seems to be going to hell.  Even as there is unrest in the streets of England’s capitol and markets around the […]

  Its Friday, and I have a Beer Festival to go to this weekend!  I know where I will be.  For the first time I am going to the Boise Beer Festival.  I know what you are thinking, “Pffft, Boise, how good could that be?”  Well I’m here to tell you it is damn good. […]

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 […]

Today is D-Day for Wilderness Brewing’s Kickstarter campaign.  Nate and Mike, our blogging buddies from Thank Heaven for Beer are in the last 24 hours of their campaign to raise $40,000 seed money to start their very own brewery.  I’ve never had any of their beer, but I hope to, and from the raves it gets […]

Its everywhere and it is ubiquitous.  Heineken owns Las Vegas.  At least it seemed that way to me.  But let me start at the top.  My Son had a Basketball tournament in Las Vegas last week.  So we decided to make a little mini vacation out of it.  We took a couple of days after […]

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.

  …is poking fun at Jim’s expense, of course!  So, above is a picture of Jim’s new car.  Spankin’ new is a matter of fact.  Looks like little brother is hitting that “Mid-Life Crisis” stage where he buys something fun and completely impractical!  Jim and I have been texting back and forth about which car […]

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 […]