Buckbean Brewing has recently announced a competition, asking bloggers to write a post about why they deserve to be flown to Reno to attend something called CANFEST.  Once all the posts are up, they’ll pick a winner. Yes, it’s a brazen attempt to generate blog buzz about the event and their all-can line up of […]

Well now they’ve gone and made me really mad!  As many of you are aware Oskar Blues made an announcement that they were pulling out of Idaho in order to make their brew more available in larger markets.  Sheesh, just expand already!  You can read all about the announcement here. When I wrote that other […]

Oh craft beer, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I was thinking about how two things that are very similar, craft beer and macro-brews, occupy very different parts of my brain.  Both are beer, but one I adore and the other repels me. This also goes for the people who make […]

It finally happened.  I had heard of it happening to others, but I thought it would never happen to me…but it did.  There was no other way to prove I fit in.  I had to drink a fizzy yellow beer…and it was…Awful! Let me tell you how I got to this lowly state.  My 18 […]

Smug!  That is what I believe Stone has become with their newest offering, their black IPA that is aptly titled “Sublimely Self Righteous.”  Now the first thing I want to say, and I know you Stone defenders will not hear this, but I want to go on record as saying that this is NOT bad […]

I know I’ve been writing about the benefits of craft beer lately, maybe too much.  But I’m in a bad way right now. You see, I have the spine of a 75 year old man, at least that’s what the doctor said 10 years ago.  I guess that makes it 85 now. Apparently I have […]

Well, the 4th is over and it is time to pay the piper!  Too much fun and jocularity have given way to things that need to be accomplished around the house!  This weekend will include trying to fix my Kitchen sink, filling our pool which finally got fixed today, and doing domestic type stuff like […]

Clyde Soles sent this our way and thought you all might like it.  We sure do.  Turns out beer is good for the whole family, even the baby!  Ah, the good old days. Anybody care to suggest a caption?

Leave it to Don to be a total downer.  Yesterday, I posted about the nutritional value of craft beer, and how it has some pretty good stuff to offer the drinker.  Thanks again to Clyde Soles for sharing his research here. Good beer is made of simple, wholesome ingredients like water, hops, barley and wheat. […]

Maker’s Mark has been making wheat Bourbon for the last 55 years one way and only one way.  They actually have a very unique process for the whiskey that involves red winter wheat, and locally grown grains in combination with local limestone filtered spring water, and a proprietary yeast strain that combine in fermentation and […]

I recently ran across the work of Clyde Soles, who is a photographer, author, mountain climber and a fella who generally feasts on life.   He has literally written the book on how to train to be your best at the grueling sport of mountain climbing. A big part of this is nutrition – fueling your […]

So the big weekend has come to a close and I’m having a hard time standing upright.  I blame my brother Don, I blame Don Draper and I blame Kentucky. You see, I have a pretty potent whiskey hangover right now, as I fought to enjoy every scrap of time I could find this weekend.  […]

I was reminded this weekend of how important it is to take time to just let everything go and truly relax.  I had an Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA and was transported to a place of quiet, peace, and tranquility.   It truly was an enlightened state.  See 4th of July weekend in my house is […]

I know it’s the 4th weekend so many of you are probably taking off early today, so here it is for the weekend!  It is Independence day weekend and it is typically celebrated with friends and family by barbecuing and blowing stuff up, hopefully not the family cat!  The reason I say this is it […]

So it turns out that practice does not make perfect. While men consume over 70% of the beer in the US, the experts at MillerCoors told the Wall Street Journal that tasting the nuances of beer is something women do better than men. In particular, they say women are more adept at picking out very […]