I recently took the family on a mini-vacation to Hershey, Pennsylvania and we stayed at the fabled Hotel Hershey.  It’s a grand place, but the beer selection did not match the fine attention to detail found elsewhere throughout the resort.  I was especially disappointed that they were serving beers from California and Delaware at Harvest, […]

Yesterday Don posted about enjoying the great flavors of summer beers.  This was actually his position in a bit of a debate we’ve been having behind the scenes.  He’s a big fan of the summer seasonal delights, enjoying saisons, lagers, pilsners, pale ales and other light and crisp brews.  I say keep ’em.  I want […]

Over the last couple of days I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about Summer.  They are sick of it.  They want cool weather, and dark beer.  Well to them I just have one thing to say…Why don’t you go the the fridge and draw yourself a big frosty glass of shutthehellup! I live in […]

There’s a place in Rockland County,  New York called Cable Beverages that I’ve been meaning to check out for a little while now.  I really hadn’t heard much more about the place than they have a great selection of beers and it’s a must-visit spot for beer nerds in the region.  Well, I happened to […]

I had a totally craptastic day yesterday, so I did what any other red-blooded American would do – I bought alcohol.  Lots of alcohol. In this case, I was in the mood for stick-to-your-ribs big flavored beers, so I loaded up on Founders.  I took one 4 or 6 pack of every kind they had […]

OK, so some of you have really been brow beating me for this post, so here it is, and it better be one of my best traffic’d posts ever, since you have all been clamoring for it.  This is a symbiotic relationship…I produce, you read…Got me?!  OK, not that I’ve got that little bit off […]

I posted a ranking of the top 50 breweries in the US yesterday, and @scooteronomy asked if I could come up with hard figures about sales and beer production.  I tried and failed, but in that attempt I came across the gem above.  It shows the number of breweries in the US over the past […]

I’ve fielded several questions in the past about how to select a bottle of whiskey.  I recently posted about different types of whiskey and how you might know if you like a certain whiskey or not.  That was based on mash bill percentages, and chances are if you liked one type on the list you […]

If you were king or queen of the beer pong court in college, it might be time to dust off your balls (the ping pong type), because now you can go pro.  The World Beer Pong Tour wrapped up a tournament in Atlantic City, NJ last week, with the winners (some nerds from California called […]

You might recall a few weeks ago we called upon the BW&B braintrust (you guys and gals) to help us come up with a few beers to recommend to my friend Jill.  She’s a big wine lover and was interested in trying some of the bigger, more complex beers that I go on and on […]

We’ve seen a steady increase in votes to our World Cup (of Beer) poll, and as a result, USA is slipping a bit from its dominant position.  While it was once well over 50%, it’s now down to 41% and falling as folks vote for countries such as Ireland and Belgium. Many of the votes […]

So the Weekend is upon us!!  I thought it would never get here.  It’s been one of those weeks, a real grind just trying to make it to the other side of the week and a chance at some relaxation and recuperation.  My brother Jim will be heading to one of his favorite activities to do […]

Don and I had the pleasure of taking part in an online tasting with Wild Turkey last night.  And while we both survived sampling the six beverages they provided, the “after party” nearly killed us (one of us more than the other).  Oh, and Don won the Ice War. But let’s start at the beginning.  […]

Billy Broas from Billy Brew created this very neat interactive map of beer bloggers from around the country.  You can read all about it on The Beer Wench’s Site (she had a hand in this as well).  Click the image above to check it out, and hit Drink With The Wench for more details on […]

So apparently this whole soccer/futbol thing is a big deal, but I just can’t get into it. While I appreciate all the enthusiasm and national pride, the sport of soccer still bores me.  I know, I’m the Unenlightened American and I’m missing out, but I’d rather watch reruns of Love Boat. Still, seeing all of […]