First things first. I totally dropped the ball on getting you folks more information about the Lac Du Flambeau Brewfest going on Saturday, July 26th (that’s this weekend for those of you who, like me, walk around in a haze wondering what day it is). S…
The Norwegian summer is short and hectic, and people tend to congregate at the prime watering holes whenever the sun pokes through. The locals come armed with their credit cards, prepared to pay what it costs. For foreign visitors, though, be prepared…
In what promises to be the first of many, edutainingly inebriate gatherings of the local beer faithful, we’re proud to announce “The new American mavericks”, an afternoon of tastings and food pairings based around the subject of American wild ale.”Mav…
You deserve it. Photo by Greg Koch, June 2008 This is the 8th and final part revisiting comments regarding my June 26 post, What is Good Beer? Eli the Mad Beer Man says: If it doesn’t taste good, I’m not drinking it… I went to coll…
Orval is one of the 7 Trappist monasteries that produce beer and a foreign one to me. First produced in 1931 in the Gaume region of Belgium, this beer is sure to be an experience. Pours with massive head that is quite impossible to disturb as a proper…
Having realized that the keg’s been getting mighty light and there’s yet no photographic proof that it managed to complete its evolution into a finished, drinkable product (not that it stopped me before), here you go. But how does it taste, you ask? W…