So I’m a quirky guy sometimes, and I’m occasionally motivated by strange things. Take beer labels for example. If a label is too cartoony or the name of a beer is a pun, I’ll usually avoid it like the plague. Something inside my head tells me that if they’re trying so hard on the label, […]
From the Cellar
Full Sail Vesuvius: You Wanna Buy a CAAARRR?
When was the last time you went to buy a used car? How was the experience? Was it fun and interesting, or was it full of pressure and some guy named Vinnie trying to sell you his grandmother’s 87 Taurus with the low miles and crush velvet interior? Well buying a used car can be […]
Guest Review: Billy Broas Gets His Gruit On!
I imagine the gruit brewers having a wall of potions (Photo by TW Collins) Hops? We don’t need no stinkin’ hops! That’s the idea behind gruit ale, an ancient unhopped style of beer that is making a bit of a comeback. In fact, I happen to be holding one in my hands right now. A […]
Boulevard Collaboration #1: The Price is Right?!!
Don Galligan…C’mon Down! You’re the next sucker to buy this beer! At least that is what I felt like after I opened the Boulevard Collaboration #1 Imperial Pilsner. You know I had heard it from others saying they wouldn’t pay that much for a Pilsner, but I thought I knew so much more than them! […]
Five Reasons You Need to Visit the Victory Brewing Co.
Don and I recently visited the Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown, PA and had a beer-soaked blast. I was thinking about our trip over the weekend while enjoying a growler full of Victory Storm King I picked up at the brewery, and came to the conclusion that every beer nerd in America needs to visit […]
Its Five O’Clock Somewhere…
I was thinking about this just this morning as I’m sitting on the couch in the livingroom wanting to crack into my bottle of Fighting Cock Bourbon at 103 proof and I looked and it is 7:30 in the morning. Probably not the right time to be hitting the hard stuff, but man would it […]
Drunks of the Week: New Posting Theme
I thought it might be time to spice things up a bit around here. Well how better to spice things up than to go a little edgy and show a bunch of drunks, and let you the reader give us comment and feedback! I have a bunch of pics I’ve collected off the internet and […]
Deschutes Hop Henge: What time is it?
Stonehenge is full of mystery. Massive stacked rocks that are clearly rough cut, and stacked to form a circle of precision. Each of the boulders used to make the pillars and caps weigh between five and ten tons, and were placed here long before cranes and pulleys were invented, and since they don’t know the […]
A New Drink We All Need to Try!!!
A bar in Philadelphia has found a great way to incorporate beer into breakfast! You gotta give this a try! It looks amazing. Having had the high ABV and big flavored Golden Monkey last week, I think this would be the perfect brunch drink! This should give the Mimosa and the Bloody Mary a run for […]
New Holland El Mole Ocho: Ancient and Tasty
Olmecs, Toltecs and Aztecs, oh my! Everybody thinks that life was so hard back in ancient Mexico. There was the unforgiving jungle, murderous rituals and no cable television. But they had beer, so how hard could it really have been? New Holland‘s El Mole Ocho isn’t a recreation of a historical brew like Dogfish Head’s […]
Detoxing From the Long Weekend
I know it might sound funny for a guy with a drinking blog, but I really don’t drink that much. Think about it, I might put up three or four posts a week about a beer or whiskey, and that is really all I typically drink. Sometimes I might have a beer on the weekend, […]
Robot Brewery Tour: The Best Video You’ll See Today
If there are two things I love it’s craft beer and indie music. Imagine my delight when I discovered this video featuring Will Oldmam (AKA indie folk heavyweight Bonnie “Prince” Billy) and Dogfish Head brewmaster Sam Calagione. Sam plays a robot who has happily removed humans from the brewing process, and he gives Oldham a […]
From New Orleans with Love!
This is it! Never was I so happy to be eating a meal, and never was I so sad I did, than eating these little alien babies right here! But let me start at the beginning. I went down to New Orleans for work. I was presenting at a conference about transportation planning, and once I […]
The Best Place on Earth: The Hop Freezer at Victory
Of the many places Don and I saw while at Victory, the hop freezer made quite an impression. Victory uses whole flower hops in just about every beer they brew, and they keep a bunch of them in a walk in freezer by the brew kettle so they have hops on hand when it comes […]
Neglecting the Baby: Aaaaand We’re Back!
The best thing about this blog is that it brings Don and I together even though we live across the country from one another. It’s been a couple of years since we’ve actually been in the same place at the same time, but that changed last week, when Don came for a visit here in […]
The Brothers
Beer & Whiskey Brothers 