Some people celebrate Christmas on the evening of the 24th, others wait until Christmas morning.  Some folks throw big family get-togethers while others keep it small and intimate.  But everyone celebrates with beer, wine and whiskey – at least folks who read this site! So how are you weaving your favorite adult beverages into the […]

Well for every yin there is a yang, and I have found the Christmas yang.  I was really hoping that my first foray into a  Belgian  style  Christmas beer would be a great experience, but it was not to be.  This beer reminded me of a time I went to Lewiston, Idaho and had a micro […]

Finally, I have gotten a good explanation for what Christmas Brews are all about.  We have spent a lot of time on this blog discussing the flavors of the season, and trying to find a brew that explains Christmas in beer.  I think we have been thinking about this all wrong.  This has got to […]

Well the last non-holiday weekend of the year is upon us, and with the Jags losing to the Colts (yea Colts!), my Jets are still mathematically alive in the playoff hunt.  They just have to beat the Falcons and the Colts (boo Colts!) and the Bengals back-to-back-to-back.  Simple, right? Anyway, it’s probably the last normal […]

I’m still playing with the new video cam, and took the opportunity to try a Dale’s Pale Ale from the can for the first time.  Check out the review below, and thanks to 52 Brews for turning me on to this beer! Have you tried this stuff?

Sometimes it’s an easy call to give the gift of beer over the holidays. For instance, my beer nerd buddy Frank knows with certainty that I’ll lay a couple of nice bottles on him, and I’m pretty sure I’ll receive the same in return. But outside of our little world, you must be careful about […]

The Holidays have their share of challenges.  There have been funny holiday songs like the “Twelve Disasters of Christmas”, countless humorous holiday cards, and I believe the quintessential holiday movie Christmas Vacation!  The story of Clark Griswald an average food additives scientist and his family in a quest to find the true meaning of Christmas.  Along the way he destroys his […]

At least that is what I thought when I bought my first Oatmeal Stout.  I thought lots of people like oats, and of course the horse thing, but there must be at least 10 people I can think of off hand that like oats…Lets see, theres Wilfred Brimley, He loves oats, there was Ulle Gibbins, […]

As you may know, I’ve been rather disappointed in the most of the Christmas beers I’ve had thus far.  It boils down to a simple fact – they just don’t taste like Christmas.  They’re have all been very nice beers and all will make lovely gifts, but unlike Oktoberfests or pumpkin beers, the tastes are […]

My first season with the Elf and I’m loving it.  Also my first day with a new video camera and I’m testing it out.  This calls for a pour!

Being the resident beer geek in the office, I was asked to help pick out some beer for our Christmas party tonight.  They had already bought 12’s of Miller Lite and Heinekken, and wanted me to get something more interesting.  What to do in this situation?  Most of the people I work with are in […]

Over the past year I’ve gained the status of beer geek amongst my friends and family.  This blog might have something to do with that.  Anyway, with the holidays just about here, I’m trying to sort out who I should give beer to and who is a lost cause when it comes to craft beverages.  […]

Nothing evokes more of an emotional response than the color red.  It seems people either love it or hate it, and there are fewer people in the middle than other colors.  I fall in the middle, I think some things red are great, and others are not so good.  Take for example hair.  My wife […]

I’ve just had my second Christmas brew, a Southern Tier Krampus imperial helles lager. It was a very robust beer that got creamier as it warmed, with sweet malts balancing out piney hops. And while apricot flavors danced in the background, there was no trace of sugarplums, fruitcake or eggnog. It was also a very […]

It’s the weekend (well almost) and we want to know what everyone’s going to be having.  For myself, I have to find the perfect complement to salty tears and the bitter taste of defeat.  You see, my Jets are playing the Patriots on Sunday, and I think they’re going to get mauled.  Sure they beat […]