Don and I love craft beer and whiskey, enough to prattle on about it here every day.  But there are some things that get our respective goats when it comes to being beer and whiskey enthusiasts. For instance, it makes me crazy to go to the beer store only to hear about the awesome limited […]

I was faced with a choice last night.  I was in Lewiston, Idaho and like the Idiot I am I forgot to bring beer and whiskey with me.  I usually do.  So I had to go to the grocery store and hope for the best.  I made my way to Safeway after a very mediocre […]

It must be cool to be a rock star, even a washed up one who is known to be a major PIA.  Blic Online has posted the rider (a list of backstage demands) for the “Gun & Roses” – or Axl and the Replacements – show in Belgrade on September 23rd. Besides a black room […]

Good things come to those that wait, and it feels like I’ve been waiting years for the 2010 NFL season to start.  Not sure why, but the span from the Super Bowl to the 2010 kickoff has been excruciating for me.  Maybe it’s because I haven’t had a good excuse to drink beers on Sunday […]

Up until now, Don and I haven’t given Sam Adams a lot of thought.  That all changed recently when they were kind enough to provide us with brewer’s passes to this year’s GABF. I want to say up front that while we are grateful for their generosity, it’s not going to alter our opinions of […]

We talked here about the most overrated beer in the world the other day and it got me to thinking about the other side of the coin – which beer doesn’t get the accolades it deserves? After mulling it over a bit, I’ve broken it into two categories: Beers that are widely available but lack […]

I know we’re talking about barbecuing on the site today, but others have begun to turn their attention to Oktoberfest, including our pal Bill Covaleski over at the Victory Brewing Company. Check out this video where Bill does a really nice job of explaining the chronologically challenged nature of Oktoberfest, traditional Marzenbier brewing methods, natural […]

Interesting video over at BeerNews.org this morning.  It is a video of Gary Vaynerchuk founder and general spaz of Wine Library TV and Bill Covaleski Brew Master and Owner of Victory Brewing.  The video is quite long at 33 minutes, but you can really just listen without watching.  Bill in the video alludes to their […]

Labor Day is this weekend, and Don and I are both planning on grilling and chillin’ with our families. We’ve also decided to record a “grill session” podcast to commemorate this last great cooking-meat-over-an-open flame weekend of the summer. The main subject will be the “best beers for barbecuing,” and we’d love to hear your […]

Well it has happened!  I expected it would when I saw mega cans of energy drinks and Bud and Bud Light in my local grocery store, but it has now happened in the (craft) beer world.  I don’t know that Genesee beer would be considered “craft” beer, but none the less it seems that they […]

Don and I decided to record a podcast while I was out visiting with him in Idaho a few weeks ago. We didn’t have a topic in mind before I got there, but one struck me like a herd of buffalo when first set eyes on Big Sky Country. You see, Idaho still has a […]

You know Gary Coleman really had it great in the 70s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes.  He had his older brother Willis to run interference for him and a new kinda hot sister that was rich, and a new dad that was a disciplinarian, but loose with the purse strings.  “OK, Dad…I’ll take my grounding like a […]

Scott over at the Brew Club has posted a remembrance of the beer hunter Michael Jackson on the third anniversary of his passing, and it made me realize that I’ve never really read any of his work.  That’s right, I’ve built my entire craft beer education without reading the master. That’s not to say that […]

I posted a fairly glowing review a few weeks ago about Smuttynose Imperial Stout.  I was impressed with it’s rich, smoky flavor and its in-your-face hop profile.  But then something happened last night that totally changed my thoughts on this beer – I had another one. It was the same beer at the same location, […]

I whined a bit lately about getting my first taste of Pliny the Elder and being a bit disappointed because it didn’t live up to all the hype. While Pliny has benefited from all the attention, I wouldn’t call it the most overrated beer in the world, because it’s a really solid Double IPA.  It’s […]