It’s been a little while since we’ve asked about you beer, whiskey and food-inspired plans for the weekend and that’s just not right! Time to get back to form. For me, I’m looking forward to tasting the latest creation from my friends over at Manor House Brewing (hit them up on Facebook here), one of […]

I don’t know why this has me so pumped up, but Draft Magazine has asked for people to tell them who their favorite beer bloggers are, and they’re getting lots of responses.  If you have a minute, head over there and check it out – there are several really awesome sites I hadn’t heard of […]

Well, the winner is Jill, of course, because she get to try some awesome beer courtesy of B&WB.  For those of you who missed it, I asked our friends and readers to suggest a beer for my friend Jill, who loves wine and is open to trying an interesting craft brew.  Many great suggestions poured […]

I was thinking about this today as I drove into work.  Many, many macro beer drinkers choose one beer.  I won’t even call it their “go to beer”, because it is all they drink, so they aren’t going to anything they have arrived.  They have made their choice and decided that whatever swill is theirs, […]

I stopped in this morning to get my hair cut by my buddy Jill. She’s super-talented with scissors and it’s always a long wait to get in her chair, but not if you slide in first thing on a Wednesday morning, which is exactly what I did.  While I was there, we started talking about […]

The Sockeye Grill and Brewery is a brew pub in Boise that has expanded to the point that they are begining to bottle some of their beers.  Is a matter of fact I think I sent Jim some of their Winterfest brew late last year.  Well their White Pine Pilsner is not avaialable in bottles, […]

Don Galligan…C’mon Down!  You’re the next sucker to buy this beer!  At least that is what I felt like after I opened the Boulevard Collaboration #1 Imperial Pilsner.  You know I had heard it from others saying they wouldn’t pay that much for a Pilsner, but I thought I knew so much more than them! […]

Don and I recently visited the Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, PA and had a beer-soaked blast.  I was thinking about our trip over the weekend while enjoying a growler full of Victory Storm King I picked up at the brewery, and came to the conclusion that every beer nerd in America needs to visit […]

I was thinking about this just this morning as I’m sitting on the couch in the livingroom wanting to crack into my bottle of Fighting Cock Bourbon at 103 proof and I looked and it is 7:30 in the morning.  Probably not the right time to be hitting the hard stuff, but man would it […]

I know it might sound funny for a guy with a drinking blog, but I really don’t drink that much.  Think about it, I might put up three or four posts a week about a beer or whiskey, and that is really all I typically drink.  Sometimes I might have a beer on the weekend, […]

If there are two things I love it’s craft beer and indie music.  Imagine my delight when I discovered this video featuring Will Oldmam (AKA indie folk heavyweight Bonnie “Prince” Billy) and Dogfish Head brewmaster Sam Calagione.  Sam plays a robot who has happily removed humans from the brewing process, and he gives Oldham a […]

This is it!  Never was I so happy to be eating a meal, and never was I so sad I did, than eating these little alien babies right here!  But let me start at the beginning.  I went down to New Orleans for work.  I was presenting at a conference about transportation planning, and once I […]

Of the many places Don and I saw while at Victory, the hop freezer made quite an impression.  Victory uses whole flower hops in just about every beer they brew, and they keep a bunch of them in a walk in freezer by the brew kettle so they have hops on hand when it comes […]

I was poking around the interwebs and found this funny clips from Carlsberg.  Apparently putting Mentos in beer can be quite disastrous.  Enjoy!

Here is the obstructed view I had of the stage at Mulate’s a New Orleans institution for Cajun food and fare.  I am in New Orleans for a national convention of planners and to give a presentation.  My presentation was completed on Sunday, so Monday and Tuesday are devoted to conference sessions, and well, getting […]