We’ve been talking for years about the craft beer bubble, asking whether or not we’re already past the golden age of craft brewing, a time when the industry is young and creative, and the future’s so bright, you gotta wear shades (which also help with hangovers, BTW). Will things continue to get bigger and better, […]

I was chatting with Samuel Adams founder Jim Koch not to long ago for a Today Show piece I was writing (double name-drop in a single sentence – woot!). Jim likes to talk, as do I, and our conversation wandered away from topic at hand and into some of the innovations he and his brewers […]

Well, it is just about official.  I have a store!  I should sign the lease in the next day or two.  It has been, at times, tumultuous getting to this point, and now the real work begins!  I am renting a former restaurant space in Downtown Nampa, Idaho formerly called the Copper Canyon.  I will turn […]

I realized just how much of a metrosexual vibe I put out there as I walked through the Home Depot last night.  I was looking to buy a generator, a backup for the one I had just ordered from Amazon.com (the metrosexual superstore).  It’s not due to arrive until Monday, which might be too late, […]

I did an interview for the Today Show’s website with Wynkoop Brewing Company “Idea Man” Marty Jones about Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout, a beer brewed with bull testicles.  The beer started as nothing more a video hoax (the best one of this year’s April Fools crop, IMO) but then Wynkoop actually went and brewed the […]

. This sister clearly has a bad habit (sorry, I couldn’t help myself). As this security camera footage from an Oklahoma convenience store shows, this elderly woman dressed as a nun smuggles not one, but two tall boy cans of beer or malt liquor under her robe.  She also appears to tuck a bottle of […]

According to Discovery’s new mini series How Booze Built America, the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock not because they planned to (they were sailing for Virgina) but because they ran out of beer.  Had I known this in high school, I probably would have paid much more attention in history class. Starting Wednesday, September 19th […]

Fast Company’s Emily Badger wrote a great piece about Asheville, North Carolina, which is quickly becoming an east coast beer mecca. One tidbit in Emily’s article jumped out at me; how New Belgium and Sierra Nevada, both of whom are building new brewing facilities there, introduced themselves to Asheville’s established craft breweries.  From Fast Company: 

“Well its about time!”  I bet that is how my buddies Jeff Whitman and Rob Walace felt about finally being able to open up their brewery Selkirk Abbey in Post Falls, Idaho.  They opened with four beers, and I have had the privilege to try two of them, the Selkirk Abbey Belgian White Ale, and the Selkirk […]

Good news boys and girls, we can now add IKEA to the ranks of companies that have gotten into the beer business for no good reason. The Swedish purveyor of impossible-to-assemble furniture has begun selling a its own branded beer in its UK stores. It’s called Öl Mörk Lager, an obvious homage to the classic TV […]

There’s a bit of spin happening in this press release that summarizes the findings of a recent survey conducted by SaveOnBrew.com.  Here’s the beginning of the release (emphasis mine): One in four beer drinkers say price matters when it comes to craft beer. A recent survey of 1,000 craft brew enthusiasts conducted by SaveOnBrew.com looked […]

If you’re reading this site, there’s a good chance that you’re a naughty little minx.  That’s what Psychology Today tells us in a recent article aptly entitled “What’s the One Best Question to Predict Casual Sex?” The article shares data put together by dating site OKCupid co-founder and Harvard grad Christian Rudder.  Rudder likes to […]

So, this is my blog!  I almost forgot what it looked like!  I know I’ve been scarce around these parts the past couple of months.  I think I am averaging about 1 maybe 2 posts per week, where it used to be a daily happening, and sometimes several times per day, not to mention the […]

Jim and I have spent a lot of time trying to “break” into the TV gig, but it is tough.  We are creating a base slowly, and maybe someday.  These guys are coming at it hard and irreverently, perhaps we should insult the royals and make some crazy high ABV shitty beer too.  I guess our […]

. They say in space, no one can hear you scream.  But I’m in New Jersey and I’m screaming about this LAME MOVIE TIE-IN!!!  It appears that Ridley Scott’s Alien prequel wandered into the lair of Coors Light, which mercilessly attached itself to the movie’s face and inserted its egg laying tube down poor Prometheus’s […]