Each year since 2005, Sam Adams — you know, the largest American-owned & operated brewery in the world — has created a beer called the “Beer Lover’s Choice” to be included in their “Brewmasters’ Collectio…
Can we take a break from drinking now?If you’ve been reading all week, you know we spent Monday evening at Broad Ripple Brewpub and Bruuge, Tuesday at Spencer’s Stadium Tavern, Wednesday at Oaken Barrel, Thursday at J. Gumbos, Rock Bottom, Alcatraz, a…
The Session is a monthly web powwow, in which various beer bloggers post on a common theme. Session # 17 – July -could be summed up thusly: Drinking anti-seasonally. Beer and weather, perhaps? More like beer despite the weather, I guess. Cracking ope…
The New York Times has an interesting article on the difficulties Brooklyn Brewery has had in its planned expansion in Brooklyn. The brewery has played no small part in the revitalization of the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn since locating there t…
Here are some pictures of the always well-stocked Whole Foods on Houston in NYC. From the front door to the beer store, this location on Houston (betw. Bowery & 2nd) feels to me like one of the largest and best inventories of all that I’ve been. A…
Aud’s No Scufflin’ Ale
When Satan and I were growing up, we would often spend weeks at a time at our Aunt Audrey’s house in Coleman, Texas. As many of you know, when you get four boys together there will be some scuffling. Aunt Aud would tell us “N…
I’ve always gotten a chuckle from those craft beer lovers who put ownership over flavor. They won’t drink a beer, no matter how it tastes, if the brewer has some ownership connection to one of the big factory breweries, such as Anheuser-Busch. But wha…
Thanks to Craig Nicholls, Jason McAdam, and Chip Conlon for letting me invade the Roots brewery.
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[I’ve now added photos to the Kyoto posts and will add photos to this one tomorrow!]
When I last left the blog, I had nothing new to say about beer, and lots to say about monkeys. This time, I promise there’s plenty o’ beer and (somewhat…
I’m not too sure how or why I missed it last year but I’ve been waiting for this for quite some time. It runs from 11am-9pm, seemingly plenty of time to sample all the sour beers we’ll want. But as opposed to their anniversary parties, I think money…