Foxes are funny little creatures.  They do things that to the naked eye seem just outrageous, but there is a method to their madness.  I once saw a fox walk right past a rabbit hole like he didn’t even know it was there, when he got out of smelling range of the prey he doubled […]

Leave it to Don to be a total downer.  Yesterday, I posted about the nutritional value of craft beer, and how it has some pretty good stuff to offer the drinker.  Thanks again to Clyde Soles for sharing his research here. Good beer is made of simple, wholesome ingredients like water, hops, barley and wheat. […]

I recently ran across the work of Clyde Soles, who is a photographer, author, mountain climber and a fella who generally feasts on life.   He has literally written the book on how to train to be your best at the grueling sport of mountain climbing. A big part of this is nutrition – fueling your […]

So the big weekend has come to a close and I’m having a hard time standing upright.  I blame my brother Don, I blame Don Draper and I blame Kentucky. You see, I have a pretty potent whiskey hangover right now, as I fought to enjoy every scrap of time I could find this weekend.  […]

I was reminded this weekend of how important it is to take time to just let everything go and truly relax.  I had an Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA and was transported to a place of quiet, peace, and tranquility.   It truly was an enlightened state.  See 4th of July weekend in my house is […]

I know it’s the 4th weekend so many of you are probably taking off early today, so here it is for the weekend!  It is Independence day weekend and it is typically celebrated with friends and family by barbecuing and blowing stuff up, hopefully not the family cat!  The reason I say this is it […]

So it turns out that practice does not make perfect. While men consume over 70% of the beer in the US, the experts at MillerCoors told the Wall Street Journal that tasting the nuances of beer is something women do better than men. In particular, they say women are more adept at picking out very […]

It is truly a gift when you are pleasantly surprised at the end of a long, hard day.  Let me tell you a bit about my day yesterday.  I woke up in Twin Falls, Idaho.  I had traveled there on Tuesday for work, and had another day of meetings and plan development that lasted until […]

I recently took the family on a mini-vacation to Hershey, Pennsylvania and we stayed at the fabled Hotel Hershey.  It’s a grand place, but the beer selection did not match the fine attention to detail found elsewhere throughout the resort.  I was especially disappointed that they were serving beers from California and Delaware at Harvest, […]

Yesterday Don posted about enjoying the great flavors of summer beers.  This was actually his position in a bit of a debate we’ve been having behind the scenes.  He’s a big fan of the summer seasonal delights, enjoying saisons, lagers, pilsners, pale ales and other light and crisp brews.  I say keep ’em.  I want […]

Over the last couple of days I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about Summer.  They are sick of it.  They want cool weather, and dark beer.  Well to them I just have one thing to say…Why don’t you go the the fridge and draw yourself a big frosty glass of shutthehellup! I live in […]

Well, no surprises in the 2010 Zymurgy Best Beer in America Poll, I guess.  For two years in a row now it’s Pliney, Pliney, Pliney!  I haven’t had Pliney the Elder (feel free to send me some), but I have had Bell’s Two Hearted and can attest to its tastiness.  Other than the fact that […]

There’s a place in Rockland County,  New York called Cable Beverages that I’ve been meaning to check out for a little while now.  I really hadn’t heard much more about the place than they have a great selection of beers and it’s a must-visit spot for beer nerds in the region.  Well, I happened to […]

I had a totally craptastic day yesterday, so I did what any other red-blooded American would do – I bought alcohol.  Lots of alcohol. In this case, I was in the mood for stick-to-your-ribs big flavored beers, so I loaded up on Founders.  I took one 4 or 6 pack of every kind they had […]

I posted a ranking of the top 50 breweries in the US yesterday, and @scooteronomy asked if I could come up with hard figures about sales and beer production.  I tried and failed, but in that attempt I came across the gem above.  It shows the number of breweries in the US over the past […]