Its Baseball Season officially now.  All the clubs are playing in their home fields, and not down in Florida or Arizona (except for the clubs that belong there), and things are starting to happen.  Boston is off to a horrible start, people are breaking arms, Manny retired because he didn’t want to face the humiliation […]

There has been some discussion on Facebook and Reddit lately about the role ABV plays in craft beer.  I’ve really only been exploring this world for about 2 years now, so I consider myself a newcomer.  But what I think I knew was that higher ABV meant more flavor.  And to some extent I still […]

Whatcha doin’ this weekend?  My world has been all about basketball for about 5 months now.  My 16 year old son has always loved the sport, and is getting pretty good at it.  So as a loving parent that wants the best and most for his kids, I have indulged his love with basketball camps, […]

“If you get shot at, you can have a shot.” That’s the thinking of Alaska State Representative Bob Lynn (R-Anchorage), a Vietnam vet who’s behind a bill that would lower the state’s drinking age to 18 for every person who can show a valid armed forces identification. He’s also calling for lowering the tobacco buying […]

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has deemed a beer label as inappropriate and forbid the sale of Flying Monkeys Brewing’s Smashbomb Atomic IPA.  No, there is no obvious swear word, there is no inappropriate sexual images, just a cartoony label that depicts an explosion on the bottle.  I’m sure when the brewers at […]

I have to call myself out on something – I don’t have any facial hair.  No beard, no goatee, not even a soul patch.  I’m clean shaven and sideparted.  I’ve come to the conclusion that this makes me somewhat of a rarity in the beer geek kingdom, sort of like one of those weird skinless […]

Recent events have been a bit of a downer for us craft beer geeks.  There’s been legal wrangling, banned beers, big boy buyouts and allegations of macrobeer media bullying. That’s enough conflict and negativity for a year, much less a couple of weeks. In an effort to cleanse our mental palates, I thought I’d do […]

This is going to be a long post for me, so fair warning.  It will be a little bit of a rant, and I am going to throw in some family history to boot, but this is important for me to say and I feel like the events that have unfolded this week in the […]

I don’t usually drink beer with my meal.  I tend to have water with my dinner.  Clear, refreshing, and no off flavors to mix in with whatever I am eating.  But I was reminded last night that beer is food, not just a liquid refreshment, and as such should be integrated into mealtime just like […]

Well, it looks the part.  Nice golden hues and has all the right statements on the label.  Aged 7 years, Small Batch, 103 proof, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, so you would think this is pretty good stuff just from the look.  But as we all know it is getting increasingly difficult to judge a book […]

Some of you already know about this because its been out there for a few months.  Whole Foods is opening bars inside their grocery stores that serve wine and craft beer.  It is a pilot project now with bars in about 12 Whole Foods stores, and plans are to put them in Throughout the country. […]

You can keep your beer firing robots and your shoot-a-brew – there’s a reason the dog is considered man’s best friend! Happy Friday everybody – now go get a beer!! . .

Some Observations: California is a Mecca for Craft Beer. Idaho is not. But apparently neither is New Jersey, But Jim gets a lot more choice than me. New Mexico and Arizona, WTF? Denver Rocks! Abita Rules the Gulf Coast. Thank God for Alaska and Hawaii. New Glarus doesn’t ship far, but they make a lot. […]

I’ve become fascinated by watching the combination of shitstorm and debacle (know by linguists as a “shibacle”) that Dark Lord Day is becoming before our eyes. As we noted here, Dark Lord Day tickets went on sale Saturday, and according to BeerNews.org, they sold out in 23 minutes.  It’s great to see such enthusiasm for […]

Man, I don’t know about you, but this week has taken FOREVER to come to a close!  I think it has to do with the time change and my body adjusting to the new light schedule, but I have been staying up late and getting up at an ungodly hour (my normal time) every day […]