The first thing you notice about the logo for Seattle’s Brouwer’s Cafe is how cool it is. It’s the rampant lion from Belgium’s coat of arms, The Leo Belgicus, but with the colors’ reversed; black on gold instead of gold …
Ahhh…the first day of summer.Cheers!
I did say I was going to post more gratuitous pix of my dog this year… Last night we introduced him to Chinese takeout.(That’s just steamed white rice in the box, about a tablespoon and a half, and he ate about half of it, so don’t freak out.)
Bear with me. You may see a few new features here and there and a few others that are gone. I have just been the fortunate donee of a brand new blogging back end which my server lords at silverorange have provided. I have the bestest of server lords -…
Shiner is another one of those breweries who, while never really blowing my hair back, always make reasonably tasty beers at reasonable prices. This particular beer, the Helles Lager, was a gift from Linda, who recently took a trip to Texas. SheR…
James Scarlett, the world’s greatest expert on Scottish tartans, who died in May this year aged 87, once said: “I never believe anything I see in print, even though I wrote it myself.” I know how he feels. James Sumner, another historian…
We honor all good beers around here by stuffing bread full of things. You may call it the “stuffed pizza.” I call it: stuffing bread with things. Every culture has a tradition of stuffing bread. Calzone. Burrito. Parantha. Samosa. Empanada…
Will continue to review proposal.
The Anheuser-Busch board did not have a response today regarding the InBev bid.
From a release:
ST. LOUIS, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. (NYSE: BUD – News) board of directors met to…
Interesting news today from the trenches of the Anheuser-Busch-InBev takeover battle. Just as the A-B board was about to meet to consider the InBev offer – a meeting which concluded this afternoon with no announcement – the head of Grupo…
I’ve got a new poll up at “Why the PLCB Should Be Abolished,” asking you how you feel about the fact — fact! — the State Stores have a better selection than the average liquor store in other states. There’s also a new Reason why the PLCB should be a…