Some people celebrate Christmas on the evening of the 24th, others wait until Christmas morning.  Some folks throw big family get-togethers while others keep it small and intimate.  But everyone celebrates with beer, wine and whiskey – at least folks who read this site! So how are you weaving your favorite adult beverages into the […]

Well the last non-holiday weekend of the year is upon us, and with the Jags losing to the Colts (yea Colts!), my Jets are still mathematically alive in the playoff hunt.  They just have to beat the Falcons and the Colts (boo Colts!) and the Bengals back-to-back-to-back.  Simple, right? Anyway, it’s probably the last normal […]

Not 100 years old, 100 posts! We’d like to pause for a minute and thank all of you who read our stuff every day and have encouraged and enlightened us along the way.  What started out as a bit of a lark has turned into a passion because of your feedback and support.  Anyway, it’s […]

Have you ever noticed that some good things and some bad things come with age.  In time you learn that the bad things might not have been as bad as you thought they were when you were going through them.  Take for example the fall of the Greek empire, I’m sure it really blew for […]

It’s been a rough one for me, but I finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve been sick as a dog (or perhaps a pig) all week and work has been crazier than usual to boot. But the weekend is here and I’m starting to feel like myself again. I’m looking […]

A libation revelation is a simple but magnificent event, when you have the perfect drink under the perfect circumstances. When this occurs, you taste the beverage in a new and wonderful way, and your newfound appreciation carries forward to every time you have that drink. I’ve had a handful of these moments over the past […]

It occurred to me this weekend how lucky I am to have a wife who loves great beer just as much as I do.  She never complains about what I spend on beer.  She never turns up her nose at something new.  She’ll finish stuff that I don’t really like.   She does tastings with me […]

I’ve always traveled a lot for my work.  Since I have been a professional planner I have been going places either to conferences, training sessions, or in my later years as a consultant for project work.  Earlier this week I was fortunate enough to travel to Portland, Oregon for a transportation summit put on by […]

Billy Idol has got great style!  Whether you like his music or not, you have to admire his unabashed and unapologetic approach to his life and his fame.  He openly admits to drug use, and has said he uses recreationally, but hasn’t ever been addicted to anything.  Again he states the truth, he chose to […]

Van Gogh was an amazing artist.  Some of his most inspired, I think are his paintings of wheat.  The colors, the shadow play, the texture, and depth of these paintings seem to me to be some of his best work.  I also like the analogy to bourbon, the color the depth, and mouth feel (texture) […]

Well its that time of year again.  time for all the ghouls and goblins to come to the door and collect their prizes, just to turn around and run back into the night.  I am just about done with my kids going out to trick or treat.  My youngest is ten, and he will be going as […]

Rip Van Winkle was an idle man that incurred the wrath of his wife because of his laziness and the fact that he didn’t get anything done around his homestead. The story goes one afternoon he wandered up into the mountains and met a band of ghosts playing 9 pin. He joined them and drank […]

It’s been a long week for us here at BW&B and we’re totally stoked it’s Friday!  For me, Friday means stopping off at the beer store and picking up a few new gems to try. Today I’m looking for the Bruery’s Maple Harvest (Nate from THFB inspired me) and something new from the folks over […]

Well the comment heard round the whiskey blog world was when I said I didn’t like Makers Mark, and that I thought it tasted like 89 octane ethyl.  Where do you go from there?  It’s not like I can take it back, my very first post where I reviewed a whiskey was for Makers Mark, […]

Have you ever had something good happen when you were expecting something …um..not so good?  For example have you ever had your best friend come up to you and explain he needs you to go on a blind date?  That he has met the woman of his dreams only she wouldn’t go out with him […]