Sometimes things line up just right, and events conspire to create a wonderful moment. I had such a moment last night, and it involved elves, otters and an early dose of Christmas magic. The wheels were set in motion late last week, when Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas, one of my all-time favorite Christmas shows, randomly […]
From the Cellar
Tap or Bottle…The Battle for my Eternal Soul Rages On.
Well it happened again last night…twice. I had dropped by my local watering hole at Brewforia, and they had their usual selection of good craft beer on tap, but they also had their usual great selection of bottles. So…Decisions, decisions. Well then the bartender made it a little easier by asking if I wanted to […]
This is the Golden Age of Craft Beer
A wise man once said “you don’t know what you got till it’s gone.” Actually, it was the 80’s hair band Cinderella, but it’s still a good insight into the way things work – you usually don’t know that the best times are happening until they’ve passed you by. I’m sure Cinderella didn’t realize that […]
What’s a Beer Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
I continue to marvel at the growth of craft beer. I’m a firm believer that when folks, no matter their background, find good beer they’ll know what to do with it. They typically embrace it. Sure good beer costs a bit more than the run of the mill stuff, but even the uninitiated can usually […]
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers!
I don’t know about you but I need a Monday Pick-Me-Up. Here you go, courtesy of ZZ Top!
Beer Drinkers Guide to Drinking Whiskey
It has come to my attention that a lot of the beer drinkers on this blog do not enjoy whiskey like they do beer. I think this is a shame, as many of the barrel flavors that many beers now have come from using whiskey barrels and integrating the flavors of the barrel and the […]
The Best Beer Lover’s Breakfast?
I love beer 24 hours a day. I savor beer, write about beer, talk about beer and occasionally brew beer. I even dream of beer sometimes. While I love beer every minute of the day, I don’t drink beer every minute of the day, especially in the morning. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy […]
Monster Mash Ups at Victory Brewing.
Its that spooky time of year again, where the ghouls and goblins come out and mad scientists create all sorts of weird concoctions in their laboratories! Victory brewing has been making some, and its head Mad Scientist is trying some of his own elixirs. Enjoy…
Boomerang Beer Poll Results
Well, our Boomerang Beer Poll has cooled off enough for us to say it’s time to do a final tally. We feel pretty good about the results this time, as they tend to jibe more with reality than our previous attempt at this. It seems that California and Colorado are America’s two […]
An Age Old Dilemma: What Is Better, Beer or Whiskey?
NOW WITH POLL GOODNESS: We talk a lot about beer and whiskey on this site, and we extol the virtues of each one. The virtues are many, and every once in a while I get a clunker that is used to clean the drain in the sink, but mostly these two beverages are sweet and […]
Doing it Right in Big “D”: Six Days of Food and Beer
And on the seventh day he rested, for lo, he was full of pork and beer and good cheer. Maybe I’m paraphrasing here, but if you’re in the Dallas area, this could be you next Sunday, after a week of beer-inspired food paired with some carefully selected Avery beers. The folks at three Dallas restaurants […]
Great Divide Titan IPA: Remember the Titans
Coach Boone and Youst from the classic Disney film “Remember the Titans”. This was a great movie, albeit a little sappy but tells of an interesting time in our nation’s history and how sport brought together people of different ethnicities and socioeconomic strata to fight for a common goal. Blah blah blah. The good thing […]
Schlafly’s Reserve 2008 Imperial Stout: Great Beer, Perfect Timing
I’ve said it before and will say it again – timing and mood matter with beer. You can have a great beer when you’re not in the mood for it, and most of its charms will be lost on you. This happened to me a few times by the tail end of GABF, when I […]
Whatcha Drinking This Weekend?: 10/10/10 Edition
Another weekend is upon us (huzzah!) and I’m ready for some beer. And this is no ordinary weekend, no, because this Sunday is October 10, 2010. That’s right, 10/10/10. People are latching onto this date in lots of ways. Some folks are trying to have a “global moment” for the environment at 10:10pm on 10/10/10, […]
The Brothers
Beer & Whiskey Brothers 