One caveat to this shipping video. Chad from Chad’s Beer Reviews recommends using postal flat rate boxes for shipping. It is a Federal Crime to ship alcohol via the US mail. It is against policy to ship via Fed Ex or UPS, but a broken bottle won’t land you in the clink like it will if […]
From the Cellar
What Bugs You About the World of Craft Beer and Small Batch Whiskey?
Don and I love craft beer and whiskey, enough to prattle on about it here every day. But there are some things that get our respective goats when it comes to being beer and whiskey enthusiasts. For instance, it makes me crazy to go to the beer store only to hear about the awesome limited […]
What’s Your “Safety Beer”?
I was faced with a choice last night. I was in Lewiston, Idaho and like the Idiot I am I forgot to bring beer and whiskey with me. I usually do. So I had to go to the grocery store and hope for the best. I made my way to Safeway after a very mediocre […]
We Got Reviewed by the Malted Muse
The Malted Muse is a website “dedicated to the exploration of all things whisky” and they recently gave our podcast a fairly glowing review. This is surprising on a few levels. First off, I’m amazed that anyone is actually listening besides our mom (hi mom!). But what I find even more interesting is that the […]
Axl Rose Demands Lucky Budha Beer, Patron Anejo Tequila and Bear-Shaped Honey
It must be cool to be a rock star, even a washed up one who is known to be a major PIA. Blic Online has posted the rider (a list of backstage demands) for the “Gun & Roses” – or Axl and the Replacements – show in Belgrade on September 23rd. Besides a black room […]
Gearing Up for Football: What’s Your Kickoff Beer?
Good things come to those that wait, and it feels like I’ve been waiting years for the 2010 NFL season to start. Not sure why, but the span from the Super Bowl to the 2010 kickoff has been excruciating for me. Maybe it’s because I haven’t had a good excuse to drink beers on Sunday […]
Is Sam Adams Still a Craft Brewery?
Up until now, Don and I haven’t given Sam Adams a lot of thought. That all changed recently when they were kind enough to provide us with brewer’s passes to this year’s GABF. I want to say up front that while we are grateful for their generosity, it’s not going to alter our opinions of […]
To Dram or Not to Dram? That Is the Question.
As many of you know, I have not been real keen on Whisky (without the “e”) or Scotch Whisky as we call it here in the States. This has to do with an incident I had in College which has made the strong peaty flavor of whisky off putting for me. But through this blog, […]
Send Jim to Canfest!
Buckbean Brewing is holding its first ever Canfest competition. This is a two day conference in Reno, NV “The Biggest Little City In The World.” This will bring craft brewers that put beer in cans from around the nation for this event and should be generally a great time. If he wins (You have to […]
Blind Beer Tasting at Brewforia: The Results Are In…
A couple weesk ago I put up a post about a blind beer tasting where the taster was put to the test. He was given three brews and had to identify them by taste and smell alone. It didn’t go well, and his answers were right in line with complete random chance. Well a couple […]
Review Our Podcast!
So far Don and I have pumped out five podcasts, and we feel each one is better that the rest (or at least the last four are a lot better than the first one – oof, what a wandering mess!). Our pal Bob wrote a quick review of the podcast in iTunes the other day […]
What’s the Most Underrated Beer in the World?
We talked here about the most overrated beer in the world the other day and it got me to thinking about the other side of the coin – which beer doesn’t get the accolades it deserves? After mulling it over a bit, I’ve broken it into two categories: Beers that are widely available but lack […]
Grilled Bananas!
Keith Wood from Whisky Emporium left us a great recipe in our Grilling with Beer post yesterday. It looks so good we thought we would share it. Here it is in Keith’s own words…I can’t really pull off all the British verbiage like Keith does. BBQ’ed banana with cream Basically, right at the end of the BBQ […]
WE SUCK!
Well, what can I say, WE SUCK! Yesterday we asked all of you to share your favorite barbecue beers with us and you did…in droves. It was really great to see all of you take the topic and really run with it. Seems we all like to grill with beer, we like to drink it […]
The Brothers
Beer & Whiskey Brothers 