Are you the kind of person that rates a restaurant by how it handles its beer? I am, at least I will always make that observation.
Read morePour Hard, Admire & Enjoy
Sawtooth Ale Nitro by Left Hand Brewing is an interesting twist on a traditional beer. Here are four reasons you'll love this beer and one why you may not.
Read moreLagunitas Undercover Investigation
Lagunitas is one those brewers you know that you can trust to produce a great beer. This a beer that has been around for awhile but has that strange name. There must be a story here.
Read moreBeer - a four course meal
One beer as an adventure, one as an appetizer, one that would pair well with my meal, and one for dessert. Walla, I've turned a small plate of ahi tuna into an experience - well in my mind it was.
Read more20 Most Influential Beers
If you enjoy intellectual conversions especially when beer is the topic you will have a lot of fun with the banter over what are the 20 most influential beers of all time.
Read moreBourbon County Stout in a Paper Cup
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, a beer that has created a lot of beer buzz, no pun intended.
Read moreBeer, No-Part-Time-Passion
In the beginning there was beer - and it was good.
Okay, it was sometime after that but it was along time ago and it was good. It had to be because they kept on making it. And making it better ever since.
Read moreA Way of Celebrating Life
“Taking an active role in learning about enjoying good food and good beer together is an attainable and rewarding way of celebrating life.”
Max's Taphouse
I have read Short Course in Beer: An Introduction to Tasting and Talking about the World's Most Civilized Beverage more than once and a chapter I have studied is where the author lists some on the best beer places in the USA. Of course there is Monk's Cafe in Philadelphia and it also mentioned Max's Taphouse in Baltimore. It has been on the road trip short list ever since.
Read moreDrinking With Intention
Like anyone reading this, I like to have a good beer, well daily... at least.
Read morePlaying With My Beer #1
As part of the event I brought a bag of fresh Citra hops that I'd picked up at a local home-brew shop. As soon as I opened the bag, the room was full of the aroma.
Read moreDrinking vs Tasting
Sure, there are times when an uncritical approach is just the ticket. But there are many other situations in which a more focused and structured approach is called for.
Read moreThe Color of Beer
Maybe it has always been but today there is a name for everything - even for the color of beer.
Read moreThe Rise of Craft Beer
The New Yorker magazine has done an interesting treatment of the status of the craft beer industry, mapping the rise of craft beer...
Read moreWhat's a Cicerone
A good friend of mine, when I'd asked him gaining a great understanding of wine told me simply, drink more. Actually I've found no better substitute.
Read moreBeers of Summer
Like so many other things, when a good thing in beer comes out every brewery wants to have horse in the race. And so it is right now for summer seasonal beer. For craft beer drinkers this is a good thing of course.
Read moreSummer Love
It's summer time and we want beers that reflect the season and all the things we enjoy during this time. So when looking at sites such as RateBeer for some background on Summer Love by Victor Brewin I was surprized to find at least six beers wit the same name.
Read moreEfficient Beer Acquisition
Recently I've been on the road for business and of course wanted to try some of the local beer fare. While I knew i would have a limited amount of time available to sample new beer (I do have to work sometime) I want to try as many as possible.
Read moreHow Beer Saved The World
According to this documentary, How Beer Saved the World, the builders of the ancient Egyptian pyramids were paid in beer, 1 gallon per worker per day. It took over 231,000,000 gallons of beer to build the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Beer Styles
The Beer Judge Certification Program has an excellent guide for those who want to better understand the wide range of beer styles.
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