Are you kidding me?  This is the best I can do?  Its pretty DARN good?  WTF?  Well let me tell you a little about my week, and perhaps you will cut me a little slack for this somewhat uninspired post.  OK, first I started my week by driving for about 8 hours through a spring […]

Okay, it’s confession time.  There are some beers that I’ll drink even though they go against most everything I believe in when it comes to beer.  Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy is a great example, as it combines an uninspired wheat beer (not my favorite style) with lemonade (don’t fruit the beer!) to create a summertime treat […]

So I got my first taste of bottling my own beer this weekend, and I have to say, it’s equal parts tedium and anxiety.  First there’s all the work it takes to get the bottles ready – taking off the labels (nightmare!), cleaning the bottles, sanitizing the bottles, arranging the bottles, etc.  The only fun […]

What happened?  IPAs used to be cool.  Their strong, bitter, in your face style was for the serious beer drinker.  Someone who wanted to wake up after a night out smelling of cigarettes and not sure who, or what was in the bed beside them.  What happened?…Indeed.  See we are becoming a nation of watered […]

If you guessed bathing with beer, you’d be wrong.  If you guessed taking my first shot at bottling my own beer, then *ding*ding*ding* WE HAVE A WINNER!!  What you see above are bottles soaking in the tub so I can easily remove the labels when I return home tonight. In the meantime, my four year […]

March is over and it makes me start thinking about spring – we’ve finally made it past winter!  After all, who ever heard of a snowstorm after April 1st? And as spring is the season of new and wonderful things, I’m very excited about the news coming from Santa Rosa, California. Russian River is ready […]

You know, over at Thank Heaven for Beer they periodically post a picture and ask what kind of beer do these guys drink, and judging from this picture of the band Warrant back in the 80’s (their hair band heyday) I’d say Miller Lite.  See there is a bottle of Bacardi Black rum on the […]

In some ways, Milwaukee is the spiritual home of the Beer & Whiskey Brothers. You see, our parents were born and raised there, and they love the place so much they retired there.  Don and I have scores of cousins and aunts and uncles in those parts as well, and there’s something about the place […]

Saturday night’s home brew tasting turned out to be a lot of fun.  There were like 50 people there, tons of kids running around, and each beer I tried was well-conceived and expertly crafted.  It also taught me that there’s always someone who can outdo you, no matter what you’re into. Those of you who […]

You know I love these stupid places.  I’ve seen the worlds largest buffalo somewhere in North Dakota…walked right under his testicles!  I’ve also made a pilgrimage to the worlds largest six pack  in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.  I have a picture of my wife and oldest son in a stroller, maybe that is why I can’t get him off […]

So another weekend is upon us and I say it’s about damn time.  My weekend will include a very special homebrew beer tasting. The homebrew I’ll be enjoying won’t be my own (that’s still a few weeks away), rather it’s several IPA’s brewed by some lovely people I ran into while sledding with my kids.  […]

When my brother sent me this bottle of Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout I was thinking, I hope I don’t have to eat my words.  You see back when we started this blog Jim’s first ever post was about a Sam Adams Chocolate Bock, and he said it wasn’t that good.  Then, being the wise […]

I saw this on YouTube and thought I’d share.  This fella is absolutely wasted but still has the gumption to go for more beer.  Atta boy!  The set up is great, but it starts to drag in the middle as he shows his tenacity to get up off the floor and purchase his 12 pack.  […]

Man there was a lot going on in this beer!  It was perhaps one of the most interesting brews I have ever drank, and that perhaps isn’t saying too much, because I’m still relatively new to this whole beer review thing.  For example my Brother Jim has swilled down many more pints in his day […]

As a guy who cherishes awesome beer in cans, I’m excited and a saddened about the latest news from Oskar Blues.  To catch you up, they’ve put Ten Fidy on seasonal status (now available from October to February) and have replaced it for the warmer months with the GUBNA (pronounced with a laconic Southern drawl), […]