I’ve mentioned before how my gym is a beer friendly place. On Friday afternoons, we play basketball for an hour or two and usually go our separate ways. Right next to the court is a grassy area with benches, horseshoe pits and a boccie court. …
I was reading another blog about brewing called SudsPundit, and I came across a post about something that happened to him when he left some exposed wort out. It started to spontaneously ferment. That got me thinking about wild yeast.When one thinks …
Yesterday marked the day of the inaugural Maine Grains & Grapes Festival, a summer beer (and wine) fest put on by the Androscoggin Chamber of Commerce and held at The Colisee in Lewiston. The Breweries and wineries in attendance included Atlantic …
The Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest was held June 21-22 in Leesburg, Virginia. Colleen and I attended the festival on Sunday. Arriving a couple hours after the event opened for the day, the crowds were still small, but gradually grew as the day went…
The Northern Virginia Summer BrewFest was held June 21-22 in Leesburg, Virginia. Colleen and I attended the festival on Sunday. Arriving a couple hours after the event opened for the day, the crowds were still small, but gradually grew as the day went…
We have launched a Buddy Activity page that tracks the site updates from the people on your Buddy List. The goal is to provide a community building page much like the updates pages that you will find on sites like Facebook.com or Linkedin.com.
The B…
My boys are prolific artists. Among the many pictures of cowboys, cars and super heroes littering our home are a good many portraits of me.
There are pictures of Dad as a cowboy, Dad as a Scottish guy (with a machine gun for a peg leg, even), Dad as a…
This beer has a malty stout aroma mixed with a hint of alcohol. The color is a very dark brown with just a hint of light coming through on the edges. The foam pours thick and has good retention. There is a pronounced roasted malt flavor with coffee …
Back last fall I took a road trip up to see some friends in a few bike races and picked up some of the best juice I have ever tasted from Phil’s apples. I added the unpasteurized and unfiltered 100% Macintosh cider it to the fermenter with a l…
The May Cellar Vate tasting was all about Winter Warmers and Imps:
It was appropriately freezing for the May Cellar Vate Beer Tasting which involved sampling a range of Winter Warmers. On the whole, winter beers tend to be darker, relatively robust an…