Olmecs, Toltecs and Aztecs, oh my! Everybody thinks that life was so hard back in ancient Mexico. There was the unforgiving jungle, murderous rituals and no cable television.  But they had beer, so how hard could it really have been? New Holland‘s El Mole Ocho isn’t a recreation of a historical brew like Dogfish Head’s […]

I know it might sound funny for a guy with a drinking blog, but I really don’t drink that much.  Think about it, I might put up three or four posts a week about a beer or whiskey, and that is really all I typically drink.  Sometimes I might have a beer on the weekend, […]

If there are two things I love it’s craft beer and indie music.  Imagine my delight when I discovered this video featuring Will Oldmam (AKA indie folk heavyweight Bonnie “Prince” Billy) and Dogfish Head brewmaster Sam Calagione.  Sam plays a robot who has happily removed humans from the brewing process, and he gives Oldham a […]

This is it!  Never was I so happy to be eating a meal, and never was I so sad I did, than eating these little alien babies right here!  But let me start at the beginning.  I went down to New Orleans for work.  I was presenting at a conference about transportation planning, and once I […]

Of the many places Don and I saw while at Victory, the hop freezer made quite an impression.  Victory uses whole flower hops in just about every beer they brew, and they keep a bunch of them in a walk in freezer by the brew kettle so they have hops on hand when it comes […]

The best thing about this blog is that it brings Don and I together even though we live across the country from one another.  It’s been a couple of years since we’ve actually been in the same place at the same time, but that changed last week, when Don came for a visit here in […]

I was poking around the interwebs and found this funny clips from Carlsberg.  Apparently putting Mentos in beer can be quite disastrous.  Enjoy!

Here is the obstructed view I had of the stage at Mulate’s a New Orleans institution for Cajun food and fare.  I am in New Orleans for a national convention of planners and to give a presentation.  My presentation was completed on Sunday, so Monday and Tuesday are devoted to conference sessions, and well, getting […]

Don might be the one spending the week in New Orleans (I hope he takes lots of pictures, ’cause I don’t think he’ll remember much), but that doesn’t mean I can’t get a little taste of black magic up here in New Jersey.  In this case I’m talking about the Voodoo Brewing Company’s bodacious oak […]

It was a homebrew extravaganza for me this weekend, and I have to say I missed most of it.  Sure I drank the beers, but I’m coming off of a silly little cold, and it left me with a swell parting gift – a lingering sinus infection.  It’s hard to taste anything, I feel like […]

The other night I went out to a little Italian Bistro in of all places Clarkston, Washington.  For those of you that know Clarkston you know that comparing it to Venice, Italy is like comparing apples to race cars.  You can’t get farther away from the spirit of Italy than the small town of Clarkston, […]

My poor buddy Steve’s world is crumbling around him.  He loves him some nutty session beers, and the industry is moving on without him. The first blow was the hardest for him, when Troegs announced it was stopping production of its Rugged Trail Ale, Steve’s favorite beer on the planet. Today’s news that Goose Island […]

To me, this sounds like a simple, happy life: You’re a brewery worker, spending your day helping to make a respectable assortment of lagers, pilsners and ales. Even better, there are coolers placed around the brewery, and you’re allowed to enjoy the fruits of your labor any time you like throughout the working day.  There’s […]

I got this Message from my buddy Rick over at Brewforia Beer Market last night: “An unfortunate update on this issue. UPS and FedEx are both now refusing our shipments claiming that we are in violation of our contract because we were shipping beer to consumers. We are contiuning to fight this policy so we […]

We’re big fans of Nate and Mike over at ThankHeavenForBeer.com, and, strangely, they like us too.  So much so that they’ve invited us to participate in their famous weekly ritual, Sip With Us Saturday.  For the unfamiliar, SWUS is a great way to spend time together while being apart. It works like this: The guys […]