Archive for July, 2008
My Beer Pix: Friendly folks here in Portland…
…Sam at the Whole Foods helped me pick out some good beer finds
On the House: Message in a Cocktail
A message delivered to me from a regular “On the House” reader while dining at Tales of the Cocktail: “Tell Beaumont we don’t care about Anheuser-Busch and InBev.” Fair enough; now that the soap opera is over, neither do I…
2beerguys beer blog: It’s Bass Season…
The 8th Annual CBC Bass and Beer Festival!!!
Saturday is the 8th Annual Bass and Beer Festival. That’s the one where Brewdaddy (AKA CBC owner, Phil) drags a giant grill onto the patio and cooks up his legendary garlicky grilled bass special.
This …
CNYBrew.com: Mellow Meatball
Since my last shot at mead was named after my wife (Christa Meth), I figured it was only fair to name my first melomel after our mellow dog Meatball. So now we have Mellow Meatball.The recipe was pretty basic as I wanted to get this whole mead thing …
The Beer Philosopher: HAPPY BROTHER’S DAY!
I received a note in my inbox yesterday from the PR folks working for Widmer Brothers Brewing that caught my attention. I flagged the email and intended to rewrite the information in my own “voice” and share the link. After reading the email again thi…
Dayton Road Brewing: Dayton Road Brewing Saison
I think I’ve lost count of how many brews the DRB has had on tap, but I can start counting the all-grain batches. Above is a photo of my first Saison. I blogged about the brewing process a few weeks ago. This was my second all-grain batch, and i…
The Beer Brotha: Beer and Weight Watchers
Well I’m offshore, which means no beer for 2 full weeks. The only way I manage it is that no one has any beer around me out here or women, so I don’t think about either. Secondly, I know I can tour some nice bars in Houston and wherever the wind takes…
Shut up about Barclay Perkins: 19th century Belgian beers
I don’t currently have details of many old Belgian beers. A few lagers from the 1950’s. Nothing that interesting there. And a handful from the 19th century, mostly lambics. That’s more intriguing.Let’s take a look at them.Someone asked the other day h…
maeib’s Beerblog: How Important Is Apperance?
I used to think food was all about the taste, and if it looked like a pile of crap on the plate it really didn’t matter as it’s the experience in the mouth which is all important. I still believe that flavour is more important than the visual aspect …