I was poking around the interwebs and found this funny clips from Carlsberg. Apparently putting Mentos in beer can be quite disastrous. Enjoy!
From the Cellar
A Big Time in the Big Easy
Here is the obstructed view I had of the stage at Mulate’s a New Orleans institution for Cajun food and fare. I am in New Orleans for a national convention of planners and to give a presentation. My presentation was completed on Sunday, so Monday and Tuesday are devoted to conference sessions, and well, getting […]
Big Black Voodoo Daddy: A Dark Art Indeed
Don might be the one spending the week in New Orleans (I hope he takes lots of pictures, ’cause I don’t think he’ll remember much), but that doesn’t mean I can’t get a little taste of black magic up here in New Jersey. In this case I’m talking about the Voodoo Brewing Company’s bodacious oak […]
All This Great Homebrew, and Me Without My Nose!
It was a homebrew extravaganza for me this weekend, and I have to say I missed most of it. Sure I drank the beers, but I’m coming off of a silly little cold, and it left me with a swell parting gift – a lingering sinus infection. It’s hard to taste anything, I feel like […]
Peroni, Mastro Azzurro; A Little Trip to Italy
The other night I went out to a little Italian Bistro in of all places Clarkston, Washington. For those of you that know Clarkston you know that comparing it to Venice, Italy is like comparing apples to race cars. You can’t get farther away from the spirit of Italy than the small town of Clarkston, […]
Sad News for Steve: Another Nut Brown Bites The Dust
My poor buddy Steve’s world is crumbling around him. He loves him some nutty session beers, and the industry is moving on without him. The first blow was the hardest for him, when Troegs announced it was stopping production of its Rugged Trail Ale, Steve’s favorite beer on the planet. Today’s news that Goose Island […]
Fight For Your Right to Beer: The Best Strike Ever
To me, this sounds like a simple, happy life: You’re a brewery worker, spending your day helping to make a respectable assortment of lagers, pilsners and ales. Even better, there are coolers placed around the brewery, and you’re allowed to enjoy the fruits of your labor any time you like throughout the working day. There’s […]
You Gotta Be Kidding! Round Two…
I got this Message from my buddy Rick over at Brewforia Beer Market last night: “An unfortunate update on this issue. UPS and FedEx are both now refusing our shipments claiming that we are in violation of our contract because we were shipping beer to consumers. We are contiuning to fight this policy so we […]
River Horse Oatmeal Milk Stout: Its Pretty DARN Good!
Are you kidding me? This is the best I can do? Its pretty DARN good? WTF? Well let me tell you a little about my week, and perhaps you will cut me a little slack for this somewhat uninspired post. OK, first I started my week by driving for about 8 hours through a spring […]
My Best Drinking Experience (So Far)
Our sister Wendi recently shared a letter our dad wrote to her many years ago, and it got me to thinking about what was the best drinking experience in my life. Believe it or not, it had nothing to do with beer or whiskey. Or wine, for that matter.
Sam Adams Cherry Wheat: Confessions of a Beer Nerd
Okay, it’s confession time. There are some beers that I’ll drink even though they go against most everything I believe in when it comes to beer. Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy is a great example, as it combines an uninspired wheat beer (not my favorite style) with lemonade (don’t fruit the beer!) to create a summertime treat […]
Noob Brewer: Bottling is for the Birds!
So I got my first taste of bottling my own beer this weekend, and I have to say, it’s equal parts tedium and anxiety. First there’s all the work it takes to get the bottles ready – taking off the labels (nightmare!), cleaning the bottles, sanitizing the bottles, arranging the bottles, etc. The only fun […]
Stone Cali-Belgique IPA: Born to be Wild?
What happened? IPAs used to be cool. Their strong, bitter, in your face style was for the serious beer drinker. Someone who wanted to wake up after a night out smelling of cigarettes and not sure who, or what was in the bed beside them. What happened?…Indeed. See we are becoming a nation of watered […]
Noob Brewer: Guess What I’m Doing This Weekend?
If you guessed bathing with beer, you’d be wrong. If you guessed taking my first shot at bottling my own beer, then *ding*ding*ding* WE HAVE A WINNER!! What you see above are bottles soaking in the tub so I can easily remove the labels when I return home tonight. In the meantime, my four year […]
The Brothers
Beer & Whiskey Brothers 