In this case a picture is worth a thousand words.  I want to first of all say I drank this beer, it was good.  I’ve had better saisons that I liked a lot more, but this was good.  For me it hit right in the middle of the great beer/bad beer continuum.   It was drinkable. […]

Remember when you were a kid and your Mom or Dad would say, “Lets go for Ice Cream!”  The instant release of endorphins as you loaded into the family truckster for that trip to Baskin Robbins, or DQ, or where ever.  Truth is it didn’t matter where you went for the ice cream, the Ice […]

I had an amazing beer experience last night, and just had to share it this morning.  My friend Chad, the @BeerPoet from Twitter and Facebook Fame turned me onto the Dubhe Black IPA from Uinta Brewing in Salt Lake City.  Yes, them Mormons know their beer…apparently.  The name of this beer is an obvious double […]

May 21, 2011 was Chimay Day in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.  Ok, they actually don’t have an “official” day for the City, but some friends of mine have started a tradition that needs to continue on a regular basis.  Sometime last year they started the tradition of gathering with some friends and opening several magnums of […]

Vermont is for Lovers and people with a heavy sweet tooth.  Dieters and the color blind miss out on a lot the state has to offer.  One of Vermont’s finest contributions to every day life is their maple syrup.  That, and there are some pretty good breweries up there too.  But last night I was transported in […]

OK, this is my lame attempt to be funny and to do something graphical.  What do you expect from MS Paint!  No photoshop here, and it shows!  Anyway… I picked up a can of Newcastle Brown Ale the other day, specifically because it was in a can.  

It’s been a while since I’ve done a straight up beer review but yesterday I had a beer that affected me in many ways.  Sierra Nevada in this part of the world (Idaho) is like the west’s version of Samuel Adams.  Good, solid beers, reasonably priced and a good reserve series.  I had seen the […]

Now I know that we are a specialty blog where we review and discuss Beer and Whiskey.  I also know that if Whiskey had a polar opposite it would be Tequila.  However two things happened for me to break with convention and post this slight review of Espolon Tequila.  First yesterday was Cinco de Mayo […]

My buddy Chad (you may know him as @BeerPoet on Twitter) and I have been discussing for some time getting together for lunch and drinking some of our “ungettables”.  For me, I brought a 2007 Pannepot Belgian Quad, and Chad brought a 750ml of Ivan the Terrible, Big Sky Brewing’s barrel aged Stout, the 2010 […]

The art of aging beer is something for which I have very little patience.  Jim and I make no bones about the fact that we don’t really age beers and that we think if beer is supposed to be aged that the brewers ought to age it before releasing them.  Some do, most do not. […]

I was recently sent a couple of samples of Bourbon from the folks at Angel’s Envy.  I tell you this in the interest of full disclosure, and because free whiskey typically tastes better than the stuff I have to shell out for myself.  All kidding aside this was a pretty interesting bourbon. The story starts […]

I picked up a six pack of Schlafly Irish-Style Extra Stout on Friday night and have to say it’s a wonderful beer.  It has a dry, chocolatey flavor and a creamy, satisfying mouth feel. It’s a total treat, and is only available for a limited time, so go snap some up if you’re a stout-loving […]

There are two ways in which first impressions can be wrong.  You might think something is good and it turns out to be…Hmmm, not so good.  Then sometimes you can think something is not so good, and it turns out to be great.  Take for a moment the case of Fran Drescher.  She played “The […]

When I think about Hawaii, I think about King Kamehameha, Coconuts, and Sugar Cane.  Increasingly however, I think about beer, good beer.  Kona and Maui Brewing companies have mads some great beers and I have really come to appreciate brews like the Longboard Lager, Pipeline Porter, and Maui Brewing’s Coco Porter.  So the latest entry […]

Let me start this post by saying that Fred Colby the owner of Laughing Dog Brewery is one of the nicest, warmest, most genuine people you will ever meet.  I am fortunate to know him, and even more fortunate to be able to call him a friend.  Also, what you need to know about Fred […]