See that picture above?  That’s how my garage looks – overrun with elves (Mad Elf’s, to be exact).  I have just about 100 of those little suckers in there, but I don’t feel it’s enough.  I need more!

Magic Hat founder Alan Newman has recently landed a pretty sweet gig with Jim Koch and Sam Adams.  Newman was forced out of Magic Hat 14 months ago after it was sold off to North American Breweries.  At that point, he decided to give up his beer career, write a business book and hit the […]

News out of the Europe is that SABMiller is launching an authentic line of Belgian craft beers after inking a distribution agreement with the Van Steenberge brewery in Ertvelde, Belgium, and the Saint Stefanus monastery. The beers will be offered in select markets (no word on US distribution yet) under the St. Stefanus label, the namesake […]

If you’re like me, then you have certain must-have beers that mark the holiday season.  And if your must-have beers are seasonal brews, you know that you must strike while the shelves are full to ensure you have what you need when those special days roll around.  For me, the holiday beer hoarding just began […]

When it comes to gender, our readership is a little lopsided.  Of the 12,000 or so folks who came through the site over the past month, 68% of our were dudes and 32% were ladies.  This is a bit less balanced than other spirits-related blogs, which tend to be about 55% men to 45% women.  […]

Before I had kids, I had no idea what a problem peanut allergies have become.  Now it seems that every class my kids are in and every sports team they are on includes at least one child with a dangerous allergy to nuts. One trace of peanut protein can cause an allergic child to swell […]

Yesterday I posted the five things I hate about craft beer, and number five on that list was homebrewing.  While I love the IDEA of homebrewing, I tend to slack off when it comes to actually doing the work, which leads to guilt, which leads to stress, which leads to me saying I hate homebrewing […]

I was thinking about this today, and realized that there are several really good reasons that I love this blog.  What got me thinking about it was Jim’s post today where he refers to the Damn Blog, and I can totally relate.  Sometimes it is a bit of a grind.  Then I began thinking what […]

They say you always hurt the ones you love, and I have decided to take my pissy mood out on my beloved craft beer. Here are the five things I hate about craft beer, in no particular order. 

I guess I’m a fickle little bitch when it comes to beer. Last night I was so excited to come across some four packs of Founder’s Backwoods Bastard sitting in the cooler of my local beer shop.  Backwoods Bastard got me into whiskey-barrel-aged brews, and once upon a time it topped my list of favorite […]

Not sure what drove me to do this, but I’ve created a series of photo meme’s around the topic of drinking in moderation.  Enjoy! 

Even as sales of craft beer continue to climb by double digits, overall sales of beer are down 1% by volume this year.  It’s the big boys who are shouldering the brunt of the burden, and they are starting to make some splashy moves to stem their losses. Take a look at Bud Light.  Advertising […]

I just came across a website called Triple Pundit, a hairy-legged, tree hugging website that apparently cares as much about the environment as it does about commerce.  What do they think this is, the 21st century? 🙂 The article that caught my attention was about the environmental atrocity that is aluminum mining, and how craft […]

UPDATE: I Removed all the production data from this post, as it was wr…wr…wr..not quite accurate.  Apparently the author of this post confused “shipments” of beer with “production” of beer.  What a moron!  Thanks to Billy Broas for cracking the case! The consumption data is still good though and I think quite interesting.   I […]

I’ve seen this little gem a few times over the years and stumbled across it again this morning. I have no idea where it originated from (or else I’d give credit where it’s due) but thought you might enjoy it as well.