Dark Lord Day has become a bit of a circus since the first batch of this hard to get Imperial Stout was brewed in 2002.  Over the years the crowds have swelled, the hype has grown and, quite frankly, all you drunken bastards have become a burden on the poor brewers at Three Floyds.  They […]

I found this clip on YouTube which shows there’s hope yet for TV news (at least in Denver).  Hit play above to watch an obviously drunk and partially knuckleheaded dude narrate FOX 31’s coverage of the Denver St. Patrick’s Day parade.  Is it just me, or he kind of sound like Sam Calagione? My favorite […]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As a beer geek I have struggled to find meaning in the holiday this year, but that doesn’t mean you’re not going to hit your favorite pub and have a great time.  As you do I’d like to remind you that St. Patrick’s Day is also called Amateur Night, and for […]

In honor of the upcoming Holiday, instead of being an old stick in the mud like my brother Jim, I have decided to embrace the luck o’ the Irish and celebrate the day accordingly with the wearin’ o’ the green and an annual physical.  Ok, not really a festive event but it was scheduled that […]

This video gives an overview of how Yelp’s iPad-powered kegerator works – it’s actually pretty cool if you can look past the Big Brother part. One has to look no further than Yelp’s San Francisco offices to see that we have officially become slaves to technology.  You see, there they have a kegerator full of […]

I’ve come to a sad conclusion – St. Patrick’s Day is largely irrelevant for beer geeks.  Years ago (before I knew better about beer) it was a day to wear something green and enjoy a Guinness or a Killian’s Irish Red with some friends.  It was a national beer holiday of sorts, a day where […]

We’ve all heard the stories about the old Paulaner Monks and their fasting during Lent.  They drank water and Doppelbock Beer or “Liquid Bread” to survive the long fast over Lent.  Well, one of our own is going to try the same thing.  J. Wilson, a Blogger from mine and Jim’s old stomping grounds, Iowa […]

Yes, Jim is in the Motherland on assignment for Beer and Whiskey Brothers.  Ok, I made that part up but it sounds impressive!  No he is on a very quick trip for work, some sort of laser Buck Rogers removal of sweat gland kind of thing.  I just got a text from him and he […]

Jim has done a bunch of whiny posts about how he was sick and how craft beer came to his rescue.  “Oh my back hurts, oh I don’t feel good, oh I just turned my shorts into a fudge factory”…please.  His posts were about how craft beer made him feel better when he was ailing […]

Here’s a contrast for you: Appalachian State University is on the verge of starting a full-fledged brew master program while Brigham Young University just suspended one of it’s best basketball players for having sex with his girlfriend.  That’s right, he got fouled for illegal dunking! 😉 As a guy who has both a son and […]

I have a habit of holding onto beers way too long that I shouldn’t be holding onto, and I tend to drink the ones right away that I should probably hold onto for a time.  Well, this review is way late to the party, but this beer saved my bacon, and my chicken wings.  See yesterday was […]

That’s me.  Been about a month now.  I just can’t get interested in beer and whiskey right now.  Oh, I still like it, don’t get me wrong, but every night I tell myself I should drink a beer or whiskey and write up a review about it.  Then this overwhelming wave of apathy comes over me […]

I wrote an entry the other day about Appalachian State University’s new chemistry class in beer making.  It got me to thinking about how brewing beer is becoming a more and more viable career option as the craft beer juggernaut continues to gain steam.  Then I found out how much the average brewmaster makes, and […]

Buffalo Trace Distillery has just released an artizan bourbon that is Bottle In Bond and uses a unique souring method for the mash used in the make.  This whiskey is 100 proof and aged for 9 years, so it already sounds like it fits the bill for a good whiskey experience. This is named after […]

If you’ve been following the news, you know there’s quite a dust up happening in Madison, Wisconsin over Governor Scott Walker’s attempt to weaken the union rights of state workers.  And while the two sides can’t agree on the major points, apparently they can all agree that beer is good.