Good beer always makes you feel better.  That’s true after a long day at work, or after a verbal skirmish with your significant other,  or as it turns out, when the world in general seems to be going to hell.  Even as there is unrest in the streets of England’s capitol and markets around the […]

The Battle for Single Barrel domination continues!  This round we have two worthy contenders.  The first is Four Roses Single Barrel, 100 proof, and perhaps one of the best young single barrel whiskeys out there, each one is aged between 4-5 years.  It is going up against a very worthy opponent.  The Willett Single Barrel […]

Today is D-Day for Wilderness Brewing’s Kickstarter campaign.  Nate and Mike, our blogging buddies from Thank Heaven for Beer are in the last 24 hours of their campaign to raise $40,000 seed money to start their very own brewery.  I’ve never had any of their beer, but I hope to, and from the raves it gets […]

Ask Men just released their 2011 Great Male Survey and it turns out that the majority of dudes (35%) consider beer to be the “ultimate man’s drink.” Whiskey came in second at 28% (I knew there was a reason it’s after beer in our blog title!), Scotch at 27%, “whatever Don Draper is drinking” (ugh) […]

The world got a little less hardcore last week, as folks over in Russia have officially declared beer to be alcohol.  Before now, anything under 10% alcohol by volume was considered a foodstuff, not booze.  You know, like breakfast cereal! 

I really thought that the trend of creating beers for a certain demographic would peter out, but instead they just keep on coming.  First we reported on Calsberg’s beer for ladies (and stylish men), then it was the Mexican beer aimed at the gays, then there was Chick premium lager. Now Molson Coors are jumping […]

We often say that our readers are the lifeblood of this site.  You give us your time, your feedback and your expertise, which frequently outstrips our own.  So when we lined up a (typed) interview with Sam Calagione, we figured we owe you guys and gals the chance to chime in with your questions for […]

Here’s something I never thought I’d say; I wish I lived in Buffalo, New York.  Okay, so it’s not true – I’d kill myself in the winter – but life certainly just got a little more interesting for beer geeks in Western New York. Twelve Sunoco gas stations in the region have been testing out […]

Well you thought Wisconsin had problems!  Take a look at their neighbor, Minnesota.  The State government in Minnesota has been shut down over the last two weeks while lawmakers try to figure out how to pay the bills.  Well this has had a concequence that I don’t think any of them considered while they dug […]

Will Glass is the co-owner of the Fire House bar in Eau Claire, Wisconsin and he’s pissed.  The object of his ire is Motion 414, a sneaky little addition to the Wisconsin state budget that makes it harder for craft brewers to distribute their wares in the Badger State.  Motion 414 was supported by MillerCoors […]

People tend to do stupid stuff when they’re drunk.  They drive Porsche’s into the woods of Pennsylvania at 140 miles per hour, they get bad tattoos, and, at least in New York City’s West Village, they try to buy puppies.  

Can’t say we didn’t see this coming.  Rhonda Kallman, former Sam Adams executive and brewer of Moonshot 69, the gimmicky caffeinated beer featured in Beer Wars, is officially calling it quits.  She will be shutting down her “brewery” (her beers were contract brewed) this month, and will no longer be heaving her cleavage at bartenders […]

I guess some folks just HAVE to be first.  In the case of Lanny Wagner, that means paying roughly 300 times the going rate for a can of beer. And I thought they gouged you at the ballpark!

Well it is getting to be that time of year again.  Time to dust off the old liver and really give it a go at the Great American Beer Festival (GABF).  This will be Jim and I’s second trip to Denver for the event, and I am looking forward to it more this year than […]

It’s good to know your limits, even if you occasionally exceed them.  In the case of James Taylor (not the Sweet Baby variety), that limit seems to be 38 beers.  I won’t lie – that’s pretty impressive. Unfortunately for Taylor and the family who had to see his exposed genitals on a Hudson, Florida beach, […]