In the spirit of the season I went out to my local beer store and picked up a few different Christmas brews, or winter brews if you prefer.  I will review some of the beers that are easy to get out west, while Jim will focus on ALL the other beers.  I know that you […]

I recently had the pleasure of joining Peter from the blog Simply Beer for one of his Beer Brawl podcasts. A Beer Brawl is really just an excuse to drink some great beers and learn about what makes them special (or not so special, as the case may be). For this Beer Brawl, we sampled […]

This is a little bit of an odd week for the blog.  Typically we post a Whatcha Havin’ post on Friday, but this is a short week, and people are all over the place, so here is our Holiday version of the Whatcha Havin’ post.  It is Thanksgiving week, and in my household that means […]

Argh, Ye Mateys!  Listen up, I’m gonna tell you a tale of adventure and debauchery on the high seas!  Twas a lovely evening when the pearl set out to do a little sailin’ and some plunderin’.  The crew was well rested from some much deserved shore leave and drinkin’ and fornicatin’ the previous evenin’. After […]

I’ve never been that into horse racing.  I have known a couple of people who own horses and have raced and been involved in horse racing at the regional level in the west, and one thing for certain is it gets into your blood, and it is something that is impossible to do casually.  When […]

Now I know that Mega beers are pretty bad, and most of you don’t like them, or if you do you keep it to yourself, and there are some whiskeys, especially the blends that are truly bad.  They can elicit the kind of look you see above from me.  I’m not too interested in your […]

You gotta love Texas!  They take everything to extreme, not only is it legal to drink and drive (as long as you aren’t drunk), but they have these nifty drive through liquor stores for the alcoholic on the go! So what will you be picking up this weekend and why?  Make sure you tell us […]

Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey has a very significant history in the development of the whiskey industry in the United States.  Established in 1810 it is recognized as the first commercial distillery in the United States.  It produced Straight Rye Whiskey that was aged in oak barrels for four years as it is today.  Prior […]

Its Friday!! Yeahhhh!  I don’t know about you all, but it has been a hell of a week!  For me it started on Sunday with a 6 hour drive to small town Idaho so I could be there for meetings at 9:00am Monday.  I have earned my weekend, and I will take it! I have […]

Its turning cooler in Idaho.  The mornings are crisp and the leaves are beginning to turn.  I am always amazed at how quick it happens.  It was just last week I was wearing shorts to my kids football game, and this week I’m wondering if my fall jacket will be heavy enough by 8:00pm.  Those […]

So by this point I have gotten a lot of bottles of bourbon in my cupboard.  Actually my wife and I discussed this weekend the need for me to get a locking cupboard to keep my “collection” in, and I think we have figured out that the cupboard in the garage will work nicely (too […]

OK…so I live in Idaho, but not all Idaho is created equal.  I had the unique experience of going from the largest metropolitan area of the state, Boise, to one of the least populous counties in America (1.8 people per square mile average) all in the same day.  And guess what,  the least populous place […]

Hell’s Turkey is right!  It is impossible to underestimate the impact of the right, or WRONG whiskey on a guys weekend.  I learned the hard way a  few months ago when I was put in charge of buying the hooch for a guys weekend in Sun Valley, Idaho. We stayed at my buddy’s condo, and […]

Meet the world’s most transparent sellouts, Chris Hodges and  Jamie Case.  These two winners “spontaneously” decided to travel the country in a Ford Fusion as part of their efforts to get married without it costing them a fortune.  Of course they are blogging all the way, singing Americana-laced praises of Ford from coast to coast. […]