I was just about six years old when the original Star Wars movie was released, and it made a big impression on me. I collected the figures, coveted the playsets, and marveled that I could have actual images from the big screen in my pocket (I had complete set of trading cards). The movie was […]
From the Cellar
Coors Light and Ridley Scott’s Prometheus: Parasites Know No Rules
. 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 […]
Its Beer:30 on a Friday, Whatcha Drinkin’?
Well it is another end to a short week this week, and the weekend couldn’t have gotten here quick enough (I know, funny thing for an unemployed guy to say). But be that as it may, even us unemployed guys need an excuse to relax a bit, stop stressing about the job hunt and kick […]
Double Nerdgasm: Rubik’s-Cube-Solving LEGO Robot
The second I discovered this gif of a LEGO Mindstorms robot that’s been programmed to solve a Rubik’s cube, I knew I just had to share it. Not only does it combine two items near and dear to my inner-geek-child’s heart, it also counts gets my post counter off of 666, and who the hell […]
The Beer Aisle is Like a Junior High School Dance
I recently wrote about great beer with awful labels for Today.com, and the whole topic of “shelf presence” got me to thinking how susceptible I am to primal urges when I’m shopping for beer. I see a pretty face and go all weak at the knees. It’s like when I was a kid at a […]
Sierra Nevada Hoptimum: Its a Big Boy Beer
Jim can play with his toy submarines, I prefer the big bold flavors associated with a masterfully crafted IPA, and Sierra Nevada’s newest, Hoptimum. Hoptimum uses a variety of whole cone hops in this imperial IPA which blows up the flavor wheel and sends my taste buds reeling with delight. I have to believe this […]
VIDEO: Creative Ways to Open a Beer Bottle
I recently shared a video of a craggy old man in jaunty house slippers opening a beer bottle with a chainsaw. Well, filmmakers Chris Sumers and Adam Young take it to the next level (at least variety-wise) with their short “Bottle Cap Blues,” a quick and fun film showing improvised ways of opening beer bottles. […]
Sierra Nevada May Have Torpedoed Dale’s Pale Ale as My Go-To Summer Beer
I’m a creature of habit. I’ll eat the same thing every day for lunch without complaint, and I stick to a fairly strict routine in my life, which is great when I’m doing healthy stuff, and awful when I’m on a cheese and crackers binge. All told, I’d be pretty easy to assassinate – just […]
How Having a Beer with Entourage’s Adrian Grenier Made Me Appreciate Hipsters
It’s been well-documented in this space that I have a problem with hipsters. There’s something about those people and their “fixie” bikes and their trucker hats and their ironic facial hair and their koi fish tattoo sleeves and they’re lumberjack shirts and their love of Pabst Blue Ribbon that makes me want to expose them […]
VIDEO: Opening a Beer with a Chainsaw
. Here’s something you don’t see every day, and probably with good reason. This older gentleman seems very fond of chainsaw, using for the somewhat (in chainsaw terms) delicate task of removing the cap off a bottle of beer. Well at least he’ll never be frustrated by those silly Churchkey Can Co. cans Don wrote […]
New Holland Beer Barrel Bourbon
Here it is. Jim referred to it as Double Dragon, but its name is simple and elegant and tells a new story. May I introduce to you Beer Barrel Bourbon. This is the latest creation from New Holland Artisan Spirits, and I’d like to emphasize the “Artisan”. Jim already described the bourbon in his post, and I […]
Homebrew Question: What’s the Most Important Batch You’ve Ever Brewed?
Homebrewing for special occasions is more common than I thought. I realized this as I started doing research (which should be a four letter word) for this week’s Today Show article, which is all about guys who homebrewed for their own weddings (you can find it here). I stayed on the topic of brewing for […]
Brewers Association American Craft Beer Week Event Locator (A.K.A. Why NJ Sucks!)
If you live under a rock, then I have some news for you: American Craft Beer Week started on Monday! It’s week full of special craft beer events across the nation, unless you live in New Jersey, perhaps the lamest craft beer state in America. Sure, we get some pretty awesome beers here, but the […]
Heretic Brewing: Evil Cousin Ale
What can be harder than going from Home Brewing to starting your own brewery? Doing it in San Francisco! But that is exactly what Jamil Zainasheff has done as the founder of Heretic Brewing in Pittsburg, CA, which is actually about 25 miles east of San Francisco, but still within the greater San Francisco Metro […]
The Brothers
Beer & Whiskey Brothers 
June 7, 2012 | Jim | 16 Comments
Which Beer Would You Sip, Chug, or Pour?
Some you might be familiar with the game “Marry, F@$k, Kill” where you are presented with three members of the opposite sex (or the same sex if you live in a progressive state), and you have to pick which one you’d marry, which one you’d use purely for carnal pleasures, and which one you’d send […]