So my bourbon barrel porter is doing well.  The bubbling has slowed after a few days of rowdy gurgles and the amazing yeast cake on the top of the carboy is slipping into the murky depths.  Soon it’ll be time to siphon the beer to secondary and then add the whiskey and the oak cubes. […]

This is Lemmy Kilmister the founder,  Lead Singer,  and Bassist for the heavy metal band Motorhead.  He is a self proclaimed rocker that lives the rock-n-roll lifestyle.  This includes a fifth of Jack Daniels a day, his chosen drink.  And frankly this is an image that has been hard for JD to shake.  They are […]

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 – […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

So these are a couple of the cans I picked up this week.  The 21st Amendment Brewery has made the investment in a canning line, and beer–good beer–in a can is becoming more mainstream all the time as can technology and canning techniques have improved dramatically, and more breweries are making the investment, I’m sure […]

Well its Friday yet again, and it is the weekend of the big experiment in the NFL.  As I’m sure many of you know the Pro Bowl used to be played in Hawaii a week or two (I can’t remember) after the Superbowl.  It was a get away for the players, a chance for them […]

Well the makers might want you to think so, but actually their contents are better than Jack.  It is an old advertising trick, let someone do a great job of branding and create a huge following, then come along with a product that looks virtually identical and maybe people will buy it by mistake.  Or […]

Those of you who read these pages regularly know what I’m having.  Superstition has taken hold, and I must repeat my beverage consumption of the past few weeks that has propelled my Jets to an unlikely berth in the AFC Championship Game: Southern Tier Oat and a Dale’s Pale Ale or two. I’ll also be […]

This topic came up last night when I was doing the Coffee Porter throw down, that one of the tasters didn’t have a lot of experience, and was making comments like “this is really full bodied like a lager”, and “I like all the hops in the porter”, he really had no clue what he […]

When I first discovered the world of craft beers, I wanted to try everything all at once.  I started with Belgians, and I’d uncork a big bottle just about every night to experience the uncharted (for me) wonders contained within.  After a few weeks, I realized I probably need to pace myself, and started spacing […]

Well, it’s the first weekend after all the holiday madness, and I have to admit, I’m a little pickled.  I took the week off between Christmas and New Years and enjoyed my lack of responsibility with quite a bit of (mostly) responsible drinking.   Lots of beer and a good deal of whiskey as well. […]

One is a lonely number, and oftentimes a group can do things better than one.  Of course there is the exception here and there,  like you wouldn’t want two NFL Head Coaches on a team.  Can you imagine the chaos that might happen if two people gave the orders on the field.  Similarly you wouldn’t want […]