OK, so I never watched Lost.  I don’t understand any of the banter that happened on my own blog site today.  But I do understand that Hurley the lovable jerry curled pudgy dude spend 6 or 7 years on a desert island and never lost an ounce.  My kids used to joke that he found […]

And by “lost” I mean Lost, the 4 hour TV extravaganza that’s going to keep me up late Sunday night and make me feel a bit muddy come Monday morning.  It’s definitely in my plans, but I’m not going to a party or anything.  I’ll just chill out with the wifey at home and enjoy […]

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 […]

Wild Turkey Bourbon for many has always had the reputation of being a Whiskey for the rough and tumble kinda backwater people.  High proof and publicity can do that.  I recall a line from one of my favorite movies, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, where cousin Eddie is talking about his family and how he has […]

My brother Jim has been enamored for some time now with barrel aged beers.  Mostly that has been stouts, because this is a beer that has the structure and flavor profile that can really hold up to wood aging, and can easily integrate the flavors of the wood and whiskey into its flavor profile.  But the […]

Whiskey and horse racing just seem to go together.  Kind of like Miller and NASCAR, but a lot more refined, a lot less horsepower, and with good things to drink, like bourbon.  Kentucky is the home of the American Bourbon industry.  All major distilleries are located in Kentucky, so it is only natural that these […]

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, […]

The best thing about this blog is that it brings Don and I together even though we live across the country from one another.  It’s been a couple of years since we’ve actually been in the same place at the same time, but that changed last week, when Don came for a visit here in […]

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 […]

So another weekend is upon us and I say it’s about damn time.  My weekend will include a very special homebrew beer tasting. The homebrew I’ll be enjoying won’t be my own (that’s still a few weeks away), rather it’s several IPA’s brewed by some lovely people I ran into while sledding with my kids.  […]

Well Friday has finally arrived and all I can say is it’s about time!  It’s been one of those weeks where the candle has been burning at both ends and in the middle.  I’d love to kick back and relax this weekend, but Mother Nature has conspired with my garage to keep me productive.  It’s […]

When you Google “A Match Made in Heaven”  this picture comes up.  And it got me thinking, is beer Divinely Inspired?  We are in the season of Lent right now.  Sometimes Lent is called Holy Season.  One thing the Christian Holy Season lets us do is reflect.  Reflect on our lives, the people who are […]

It seems extremely early this year, but Sunday at 2am is that magical moment where we trick mother nature into giving us one more hour of daylight each day.  The price we pay for this is a hefty one – an hour less in our weekends.  What’s worse, an hour less to enjoy our favorite […]

I seem to have this problem with single barrel whiskeys, they seem thin to me.  I’ve talked about it before, here and in the online bourbon forums.  If a bourbon is taken from a single barrel it tends to be incomplete.  I think small batch is a much better way to go if you are […]