Sometimes the circumstances under which you first encounter something can make the difference between loving it or hating it. Pop music is a great example of this. I can’t listen to the radio these days, because the music is all soulless corporate crap or garbled gangsta mumbling. Of course my parents probably thought the same […]
From the Cellar
Honeydo Weekend: What’ll ya have?
Well, the 4th is over and it is time to pay the piper! Too much fun and jocularity have given way to things that need to be accomplished around the house! This weekend will include trying to fix my Kitchen sink, filling our pool which finally got fixed today, and doing domestic type stuff like […]
Looking for Podcast Questions
Don and I have decided to bite the bullet and try our hand at this whole podcasting craze the kids keep talking about. We’re still working out the technical details of how to do it from across the country. Don rejected my two-tin-cans-and-a-cassette-recorder proposal, but we should have it all ironed out soon. In the […]
Illustration: The Good Old Days of Beer
Clyde Soles sent this our way and thought you all might like it. We sure do. Turns out beer is good for the whole family, even the baby! Ah, the good old days. Anybody care to suggest a caption?
Is You Body Better Off Without Craft Beer?
Leave it to Don to be a total downer. Yesterday, I posted about the nutritional value of craft beer, and how it has some pretty good stuff to offer the drinker. Thanks again to Clyde Soles for sharing his research here. Good beer is made of simple, wholesome ingredients like water, hops, barley and wheat. […]
Audio Post Test
Nothing to see here folks, just a test of WordPress’s new post by phone feature. They give you a number, you call it, leave a message and it’s posted to your blog. Viola! Now I’m adding a little text to see if it looks like a normal post. All I need is a pic of […]
Makers Mark Finally Caves to the Pressure of the Marketplace
Maker’s Mark has been making wheat Bourbon for the last 55 years one way and only one way. They actually have a very unique process for the whiskey that involves red winter wheat, and locally grown grains in combination with local limestone filtered spring water, and a proprietary yeast strain that combine in fermentation and […]
Holy Cow: Craft Beer is Better for You Than Milk
I recently ran across the work of Clyde Soles, who is a photographer, author, mountain climber and a fella who generally feasts on life. He has literally written the book on how to train to be your best at the grueling sport of mountain climbing. A big part of this is nutrition – fueling your […]
Never Pour Whiskey in the Dark
So the big weekend has come to a close and I’m having a hard time standing upright. I blame my brother Don, I blame Don Draper and I blame Kentucky. You see, I have a pretty potent whiskey hangover right now, as I fought to enjoy every scrap of time I could find this weekend. […]
Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA: Take Time to Meditate.
I was reminded this weekend of how important it is to take time to just let everything go and truly relax. I had an Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA and was transported to a place of quiet, peace, and tranquility. It truly was an enlightened state. See 4th of July weekend in my house is […]
Happy Independence Day! Whatcha Drinkin’?
I know it’s the 4th weekend so many of you are probably taking off early today, so here it is for the weekend! It is Independence day weekend and it is typically celebrated with friends and family by barbecuing and blowing stuff up, hopefully not the family cat! The reason I say this is it […]
Here Comes the Science: Girls Are Better at Drinking Beer
So it turns out that practice does not make perfect. While men consume over 70% of the beer in the US, the experts at MillerCoors told the Wall Street Journal that tasting the nuances of beer is something women do better than men. In particular, they say women are more adept at picking out very […]
From Grangeville With Love!
It is truly a gift when you are pleasantly surprised at the end of a long, hard day. Let me tell you a bit about my day yesterday. I woke up in Twin Falls, Idaho. I had traveled there on Tuesday for work, and had another day of meetings and plan development that lasted until […]
Complaining Works: Hotel Hershey to Offer More Local Craft Beers
I recently took the family on a mini-vacation to Hershey, Pennsylvania and we stayed at the fabled Hotel Hershey. It’s a grand place, but the beer selection did not match the fine attention to detail found elsewhere throughout the resort. I was especially disappointed that they were serving beers from California and Delaware at Harvest, […]
The Brothers
Beer & Whiskey Brothers 