Well, it looks like Saturday is the day and I’ll be honest – I’m getting kind of nervous as my first brew day ever approaches.  My goal is to have every detail figured out before I dive in so I make no major mistakes.  I’ve been reading a lot, but I’d also like to lean […]

It has begun. the first item to arrive is the Bayou Burner. It came at the right time, too, as the power has been out for the better part of the day. Maybe I’ll fry a turkey…

Fellow blogger David Flaherty from GrapesAndGrainsNYC.com has posted a video of his brew day that went horribly, horribly wrong.  In the end, the beer is in the sink and my heart is in my throat, because as someone who’s about to take the plunge and start to homebrew, it’s my greatest fear. Of course, I’d […]

Here I am back at the Super 8 Motel in Grangeville, Idaho.  And I’m sure you all will notice that this time I have a respectable glass!  Not using the plastic Super 8 cup this time.  Well there is a story behind this glass.  See I took some heat from you all last week when […]

This is the time of year that I begin to think about spring and summer.  Jim just posted about the Long Cold Winter last week, and when I went outside this morning and it was 25 degrees out, I began to think about summer and as much as I complain about the heat, I love […]

I’m quite the creature of habit, and I usually like to stick to a routine.  When it comes to beer, the rule is that I usually don’t drink any during the week, and imbibe on the weekends.  Now the former rule is one that is broken regularly (I’ll have a beer after a rough day […]

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 […]

You know we could all learn something from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.  Here is the evil queen and her magic mirror who always had to tell her that she wasn’t the fairest one of all.  Well DUH! Anyone could see that except the person themselves.  It is amazing how many people think they […]

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 […]

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 – […]

If this were the Dark Ages, I’d be roasting on a spit right now, because I’m a huge fan of Heresy.  Not the religious type  (but I’m probably guilty of that, too), but of Weyerbacher’s wonderful barrel-aged stout.  Heresy starts life as Weyerbacher’s Old Heathen imperial stout, which is then aged in oak barrels that […]

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 […]

I have said before on this blog that when you develop a brew and sell it to people for their hard earned money that you set yourself up for criticism.  It is like any one else that puts things into the market place, they are constantly dealing with critics.  Metallica comes to mind here.  I […]

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 […]

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 […]