Some revolutions are worth fighting for.  My Cousin David sent this to me and it is a brief segment and article from reason.tv.  Not a lot new here, but it does explain some insights into why right now is the golden age of craft beer.  We have already begun to see the balkinization of mediocre […]

I was reading a blog post about Saranac Beer over at The Brew Club, and it got me to thinking about how many middle of the road brews there are out there.  See a comment was made by one of Scott’s visitors about the fact that he had a “What Ales You” Case of Saranac, and that […]

Well it finally has happened, researchers have figured out how to make fuel for automobiles from the remnants of whiskey production!  It seems like a no-brainer, especially with some of the higher proof stuff, its flamable and some of it tastes like jet fuel, but now its official. In this article, Researchers at Edinburgh Napier […]

It nice to have friends with some pull.  After waiting too long to get our own damn tickets, Don and I got the great news yesterday that we have scored Brewers Passes to the Great American Beer Fest, courtesy of Boise beer gurus Rick Boyd and Chris Oates at Brewforia.  A million thanks guys! Don […]

I have benefited from the generosity of beer nerds on number of occasions, and I am thankful.  Folks have shared tastes of Sam Adam’s Utopias, lunatic beers from Brew Dog, and, most recently, Pliny the Elder.  These are all beers I wouldn’t have tasted without a little help from my friends.  Thanks guys. As Don […]

The last few weekends in my household have been, to put it mildly, eventful.  We had a wedding of my Son last weekend, wedding prep the weekend before, the weekend before that we were in Coeur d’Alene running all over the place, and on and on.  This weekend I want to be bored! I want […]

I’ve been flying around America a lot for the past couple of weeks, first visiting our folks in Milwaukee, then escorting our mom out to Don’s house in Idaho.  In my travels, I’ve encountered some great beers that I want to share with friends and family.  But sharing means carrying, and carrying means putting bottles […]

Avery Brewing makes it official!  After announcing back in January that they were going to be developing a canning line, their first brew is being canned today.  Joe’s Premium American Pilsner is Avery Brewing’s first beer in a can.  But it won’t be the last.  Take a look at their can warehouse! …

Well by this time of day this is becoming old news, but hopefully some of you that live in caves and under rocks and only believe what you read on Beer and Whiskey Brothers will happy to hear that there is yet more good news in the craft beer world.  The Craft Beer Alliance has […]

Let me start by apologizing for the crummy image above, but these guys and gals are too busy learning all they can about the beverage we love to worry about such trivialities as the appropriate scaling of an image for the web.  who the heck cares about that when there is beer to be judged, and […]

This is how my weekend started.  With a funeral.  A Funeral for my Son.  A funeral for his Bachelorhood!  Yes, my Son got married this weekend, and the festivities were great.  This kicked it off with a lunch put on by his co-workers.  He is working a summer job in Boise in a Carpenter shop […]

I was trolling around the internet for my next post this morning and came across an amazing article on About.com.  It explains the differences between Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey, American Whiskey (including, Bourbon, Tennessee Whiskey, Rye Whiskey, and Blended American Whiskey {Blech!}) and Canadian Blended Whiskey (Double Blech!).  This answers A LOT of questions I […]

Well here we go!  Our first remote broadcast, and our first one where Jim and I will actually be face to face!  As some of you know Jim and I live across the country from each other, he in Jersey, and me in Idaho.  Well Tomorrow Jim will be escorting our Mother out here to […]

We do a lot of explaining and judging of different beers here on this site, as I know many of you do too.  We try to make sense of it all, and explaing flavors in a way that is at least somewhat objective (most of the time) and we try to be true to our […]