Those of you who have been reading B&WB for a while know that I’m a creature of habit, both in my daily routines, and in what I eat and drink. While I’m constantly exploring the wonderful nooks and crannies of the craft beer universe, there are two beers I have kept in constant supply at […]

These things happen so fast. Just a few years ago, the Heineken bottle was a happy and innocent little green vessel, one that liked to hang around the house with the grownups and maybe have a play date with its buddy Chip (and sometimes his brother Dip) on a Sunday afternoon. It loved to watch […]

I was thinking (naturally) about beer yesterday afternoon, and came up with a question for myself – What’s the one brewery I cannot live without?  After giving it some thought, I was genuinely surprised by the outcome.

I’ve said in the past how Beer Pong isn’t really Beer Pong if there’s not beer in the cups.  I don’t even know how to process this latest development, an arcade machine – think Skee Ball or Super Shot Basketball – called Beer Pong Master. If you’ve ever played this frat favorite, you know the […]

Well, its Friday!  TGIF!  That said, one’s thoughts begin to wander from the work-a-day world to what you are going to do for recreation over the too short end of the week.  Pictured above is what I will be drinking this weekend.  What is it you say?  Well it is a bit of a mystery. […]

My job recently took me down to a conference in Miami Beach.  While there, I learned something about myself, which I’m guessing will resonate with many of you as well. It started when I wanted a beer.  I had flown in on a Friday night, and had an exquisite sushi dinner with my boss, where […]

  Click Image to Enlarge Prepare to be totally nerded out!  We’ve taken the top 16 teams in this year’s March Madness college basketball tournament and paired them with local breweries in an attempt to find out which teams dominate when the beer is taking the shots. 

I’ve had a happy little dream brewing in the back of my brain for the past several years.  In it, there are two tap handles sticking out from the door of my beer fridge in the garage, one a fount of New Holland Dragons Milk, the other a free-flowing supply of a lovely pale ale. […]

I’m typically not one for New Years resolutions, figuring if I didn’t do something in the last twelve months, a moment of guilty reflection isn’t really going to change things. But this past year’s been a pretty wild one, full of new challenges and new opportunities for both Don and I.  As we both have […]

One of my favorite weekly moments happens on Sunday night, when I snuggle up hunker down in the mancave with a good craft beer in hand and watch whatever original drama is running on HBO. While I’ve enjoyed Boardwalk Empire and have tried to enjoy The Newsroom (I always see Aaron Sorkin’s smarmy grin when […]

. What you see above is a game of one-handed Pabst Blue Ribbon football.  The rules are simple: you always MUST have a beer in your hand (and if you drop, you gotta chug), tackles are made by one-handed touch, and the first team to 70 points wins. It’s been played by a group of […]

All of you who follow me on Facebook know I’m alive and well after Superstorm Sandy dragged her swirling ass over my little North Jersey town.  For those of you who aren’t my virtual buddies…umm…I’m alive and well.  And beer helped. The storm was scheduled to roll in last Monday, and I waited until the […]

I realized just how much of a metrosexual vibe I put out there as I walked through the Home Depot last night.  I was looking to buy a generator, a backup for the one I had just ordered from Amazon.com (the metrosexual superstore).  It’s not due to arrive until Monday, which might be too late, […]

The video above shows a 40-key computer keyboard created entirely out of cans full of beer. While there’s no reason for such a device to exist (typing anything worthwhile on it would be akin to playing a concerto on the giant piano from Big), it did get my wheels turning. Specifically, I started to think […]

I’ve been in a sentimental mood lately, and it led me to download The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on iTunes. I first heard this album when I was about eight years old.  My neighbor Scott Weisman made me sit in his room and listen to the whole thing while we looked through […]