So where is the weirdest place you have found craft beer?  I have mentioned mine a couple of times here, but thought it deserved its own post.  I was coming back from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and really REALLY had to pee.  I was only 10 miles from my house, but this wasn’t going to wait, […]

So you’re new to the world of craft beer, and you’ve discovered that it’s actually a little complicated – some people really take this beer thing seriously! There are different types of glassware for different types of beer, different serving temperatures for different styles of beer, and words like “nose” and “mouthfeel” are thrown around […]

Last week saw me driving a lot and heading south to the biggest little city in the world Reno, Nevada.  I was there for work, but I managed to get in a little pub time while I was there too.  The hotel I was staying in (The Eldorado) had what they advertised as the best […]

Thanks to the “miracle” of social media, we are constantly pumping information into the datasphere, much of it personal in nature.  One clever fella, Scott Golder, a graduate student from the Social Dynamics Lab at Cornell, has taken some of that information and put it to interesting use. 

Look what was waiting for me when I got home last night – a fine selection of Schlafly beers, all courtesy of my new best friend Troika Brodsky, Communications Director at Schlafly. 

Don and I have been looking forward to returning to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver for the past 11 months.  Last year we were GABF noobs and learned several lessons we were eager to apply to this year’s trip. Unfortunately, our plans were dashed, but that doesn’t mean others can’t benefit from our […]

A pounded pony and a punctured pal. What you see above is Perry Palm’s (the pony pounder) shiny new Mustang Boss 302 Laguna Seca Edition (the bossest of the Boss’s), which he wrapped around at tree this past Sunday.  Perry was hanging out at barbeque in Menominee Falls, Wisconsin enjoying many beers when he decided […]

As you may have read, Don and I have scrapped our GABF plans this year and are selling off our tickets to the Pints for Prostates Rare Beer Tasting, probably the best event of the festival. It truly sucks that we won’t be out there this year, but life sometimes gets in the way of […]

UPDATE: We have a winner! Well, we don’t usually do this sort of thing around here, but I’ve been thinking that I have these tickets that I’m not gonna use, and the event I bought them for is sold out, so why not recoup my $$.  I’m not out to make a profit, just to […]

This is the first single Malt Scotch I’ve had from the Dalmore, but I can guarantee it won’t be my last!  I was sent a sample for review a few months ago, and I really gave this a good go!  Not only did I have it with a cigar, but I finished the sample and […]

Melanie Gravdal was fed up with the tepid market for her Glenview, Illinois townhouse, so she decided to up the ante.  Gravdal lives across the street from Grandpa’s Place, a pub that’s been in the community for 113 years.  She thought it wouldn’t hurt to add a $1,000 gift certificate to Grandpa’s into the package, and […]

Loyal reader and bear enthusiast John King pointed me to a piece in the Wall Street Journal about the sport of Masskrugstemmen.  What the hell is Masskrugstemmen you ask?  Don’t feel bad, I had no idea either. 

Yesterday was a weird day for me on the blog.  I got this idea that there is a lot of talk about the different beer tattoos that people have nowadays and I thought I would throw up some examples of the good and the not so good ink I found out there on the internet. […]

Here’s something you don’t see every day, mugshots of Amish fellas, courtesy of the Graves County Jail in Kentucky.  Their shocking crime? 

  There seems to be a growing trend among beer geeks these days.  They are taking their love of the brew to the next level and making it permanent.  No they aren’t marrying their favorite beverages in some cultish ceremony, even worse they are defacing their body to show allegiance to their favorite beverage. There […]