Well here we go again. I’m in Grangeville, Idaho on business and I’m again in the hotel watching sports and eating my dinner by myself. I just hate to sit in a restaurant by myself and eat a dinner alone. It is depressing, so I have gotten rather good at adapting. Does the hotel room […]
From the Cellar
Forgettable…
Who doesn’t remember the rollicking antics of Joey, that lovable dolt from the hit show Friends? Well, I don’t for one. It made it two seasons, and I think I watched about 10 minutes of one episode. When Hollywood has a hit show that has run its course they try to spin off a character […]
NO NFL!!! Will you be Drinking to Drown your Sorrows, or Celebrating?
Well the 2009-2010 NFL football season has ended. So I know many guys, in particular, will be wandering around the house on Sunday wondering what to do. Well fortunately for us this year there are some good options to get us over the hump from the lack of massive contact sport watching. First and foremost […]
The Long Cold Winter is Upon Us…
So, just like that, no more football. While the Pro Bowl is a useless and unwatchable football game, it was always there to ease us into the oblivion of the NFL offseason. It is the methadone to the heroin that is NFL football, a gentle step down the ladder. But not so this year – […]
Rye Times Volume II
I’ve always regretted that I have never read Catcher in the Rye. I don’t even really know much about the plot of the book at all. Stuff happens. I’m betting bad stuff. Somehow I got through 12 years of primary education and eight years of college without it being required reading. If you know much about me, I […]
The Perfect Cheap-o Beer Glass?
I have finally given in and decided that it was time to upgrade my glassware. I’ve been drinking mostly out of pint glasses, and it finally struck me that I was missing out on some of the finer pleasures of drinking a good beer, especially the nose. My goal was to find a single type […]
Monk-Y Business
Monks, by and large, are an interesting lot. Perhaps it is only because we see their antics and are not acquainted with their everyday lives that I think that, but the things they have come up with for entertainment certainly are interesting. This is a picture of Buddhist Monks holding four spears that are supporting another […]
Tactical Nuclear Penguin: Failure to Launch
Kevin (Dark Lord of the Stout) has once again come through in a big way . A few weeks ago, he gave me a nip of 2009 Sam Adams Utopias, and I gushed about it. This time it was Brew Dog’s Tactical Nuclear Penguin, another ultra rare hyper-ABV beer. Unfortunately, it was a totally different […]
They Go Together Like the Super Bowl and Commercials!
Why I’m talking about Beer and Food for the big game of course! What better to do on Super Bowl Sunday but to have a few friends over, make a bunch of snacky food and have some great beers to top it all off. If the game is good that is a bonus, and if […]
Going Deep: How Emotion Affects Taste
Few of us are able to taste anything without the world around us creeping in. Your mood, where you are, who you’re with, what you crave at the time and other such factors all play a role in the way you process tastes and how you categorize them in your brain. I’m sure there’s scientific research to […]
Simply Beer’s Session Beer Challenge
Our pal Peter over at Simply Beer was kind enough to invite me to participate in his latest beer Brawl podcast. This time it was all about the session beers, just in time for The Big Game (I’m afraid of NFL lawyers so I didn’t use the other term for it). I’m not going to […]
Dragon’s Milk: Slow Down Big Fella
There are certain things in life that make my overactive mind settle down. Johnny Cash can do this, as can the plainly written books of John Steinbeck. For some reason cooking on the grill falls into this category as well. All of these things have a meditative effect on me that blocks out the chaos […]
The Brothers
Beer & Whiskey Brothers 