“What did you do this weekend, dad? “”I copied stuff from an old book.””I love you, dad.””Andrew. Do you want to to join in the stuff-copying fun?””No, dad. I don’t love you that much.”Aren’t children great?Barclay Perkins draught beers 1939-1957 I di…
Posted by Helen Lounsbury | The Bay City Times June 20, 2008 12:06PM
WEST BRANCH – If locally made wines or beers are your sort of thing, this loop’s for you.
Northeast Michigan adds a new recreational opportunity to its quiver this month – th…
I got an e-mail press release yesterday from Widmer Brothers Brewing in Portland, Oregon, about their latest promotion, and it’s so fitting for them that it’s a wonder they didn’t think of it sooner. There are a few brothers working…
Last weekend was the always popular Real Ale Festival at Pizza Port in Carlsbad. Friday had an afternoon VIP session with some incredible beers — for the few minutes that they lasted (we had to hear about them at the Lost Abbey tasting room that nigh…
Jim Koch at Homebrewers Conference, Cincinnati
Jim Koch, CEO and founder of the Boston Beer Company/Sam Adams spoke as the keynote speaker to nearly 1,000 homebrewers yesterday afternoon. His parents and other family live in the Cincinnati a…
GK IPA
You know the tide must be finally turning when Time magazine does a long, thorough article on the issues surrounding the drinking age and it’s virtually void of neo-prohibitionist propaganda. I imagine the anti-alcohol lobby must be beside them…
June is proving to be a busy month for media coverage of Texas breweries. Saint Arnold has all but dominated local press this week with two additional stories, one in the Houston Chronicle entitled “More than just brew: Saint Arnold knows beer, but it…
I was in Kentucky earlier in the week, and as I always do when in Bardstown, I stopped by Toddy’s Liquors to pick up stuff I can’t get in Pennsylvania. I got a standard bottling of Four Roses (my favorite hot weather, throw in a handful of ice, sip an…
Jonathan mentioned to me yesterday something about the doctor wanting to do stool tests on him. I immediately thought of this great song from Waiting for Guffman which is (somewhat) related.