Loyal reader and bear enthusiast John King pointed me to a piece in the Wall Street Journal about the sport of Masskrugstemmen. What the hell is Masskrugstemmen you ask? Don’t feel bad, I had no idea either.
From the Cellar
Show Us Your Ink!
Yesterday was a weird day for me on the blog. I got this idea that there is a lot of talk about the different beer tattoos that people have nowadays and I thought I would throw up some examples of the good and the not so good ink I found out there on the internet. […]
The Amish Outlaws of the Bourbon State
Here’s something you don’t see every day, mugshots of Amish fellas, courtesy of the Graves County Jail in Kentucky. Their shocking crime?
Case Closed: Obama Served White House Home Brew to Dakota Meyer
We finally have an answer to the burning beer geek question of what type of beer President Obama shared with Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer. According to the Marine Corp Times: A White House spokesman tells Marine Corps Times that the beer shared by Obama and Meyer was home-brewed there. It’s called White House […]
Let’s Play Beer Detective: What Kind of Beer Did Obama Share with Dakota Meyer?
. I’ll admit that this is a bit obsessive, but our reader Alex got the wheels turning in my head and now they won’t stop. I made a half-joking comment on the “Heroes get Beer” post that I hoped the beer Obama shared with Dakota Meyers was at least an Imperial Pilsner, and Alex said […]
Brew Tattoos: Passing Fancy or Bad Ink Trend?
There seems to be a growing trend among beer geeks these days. They are taking their love of the brew to the next level and making it permanent. No they aren’t marrying their favorite beverages in some cultish ceremony, even worse they are defacing their body to show allegiance to their favorite beverage. There […]
In America, the Heroes get Beer
Dakota Meyer sounds like the kind of guy you want having your back. The former Marine will receive the Medal of Honor today at the White House for saving 36 lives during a firefight in the Kunar Province in Afghanistan on September 8, 2009.
Is Craft Beer in Cans a Way to Break into the Mainstream?
I’ve been drinking a lot of Dale’s Pale Ale lately, using it to soothe my gimpy back. Last night I found myself up in the mancave with a can of Dale’s and no glass. Now, I’m fanatical about using glassware when drinking beer, and have been known to take a bottle out of someone’s hand […]
Jim Bests Don…Again.
Well, here we go again. Jim’s the pretty one. Oh, don’t worry, I’m used to it. Yet another way that New Jersey is better than Idaho, and it is a way that impacts this blog substantially. Internet speeds! Jim’s got ’em, and I don’t. I always knew that his residential speed was better than mine, […]
Colorado Home Brew Mistaken for Meth Lab
It seems like you can’t throw a can of Old Chub in Colorado without hitting a beer geek, but an incident in Colorado Springs on Monday shows us just how small the world of craft beer nerditry really is.
Don’t Feel Much Like Drinkin’
Here you see the implement of torture my dietitian has me consuming in an attempt to get my glucose under control! Yes, the Galligan brothers come from a long line of diabetics, and having my luck, I’m the one with all the fat and all the sugar in my bloodstream! Recently it has gone a little […]
Does Your Pee Ever Smell Like Hops?
Here’s a little too much information for you… …I was having a bathroom break this morning when something entered my “stream” of consciousness. My back is really bad right now, and I had a few Victory Prima Pils last night to take the edge of the pain. I chose it because it’s tasty, it isn’t […]
Wholly Guacamole, This Stuff is Good!
A couple of years ago my wife went on a happy homemaker spree and started making fresh guacamole for me to enjoy while watching football. Her guacamole is awesome, and it quickly became part of my Sunday ritual – Jets game, pilsners and stouts, and guacamole with Tostitos Gold chips. Unfortunately, her interest in making […]
Say What You Will, I Thought the Budweiser 9/11 Commercial Was Well Done.
There was some discussion last night on Facebook about the Budweiser 9/11 advertisement that aired a couple of times during yesterday’s football games. I think it is pretty clear that we are no fan of big beer around these parts. I’d rather drink water than some of the swill that many of the big beer […]
Do Beer Geeks Owe the Big American Brewers a “Thank You”?
Last night I spent my evening watching Tony Romo do his thing (choke in a big moment) and my Jets do their thing (come up impossibly big with their backs against the wall). During a break in the action, the same insipid beer commercial played for the umpteenth time – dude, you passed the bar […]
The Brothers
Beer & Whiskey Brothers 