The first one I had was the 7. It changed how I looked at anniversary ales. The next year, for the 8, I was so confident that it would be good, that I got Wes a beer, shirt and pint glass gift pack for his birthday. My only regret was underestimating …
Feel free to share this project in the forums if you think people will be interested. Click the pic above (or the new navigational bar up top!) to visit the new Online Beer Guide page. So what does the new page do? It is very much in “beta-m…
If you live in or have ever visited Utah, you know that we have to do things a little different than most states when it comes to the making and enjoyment our suds. What may seem usual and mundane elsewhere can be a big deal here.Seasonal beers are n…
Hey: Collecting and analyzing and arguing about beer really doesn’t do any good unless it contributes to your enjoyment of the stuff.
Imagine a Venn diagram where one circle represents people who spend way too much time thinking about beer. Another r…
What if the New York Post printed a beer column?
If you aren’t familiar with the Post, and its well known Page Six, this may be lost on you. I picked up the paper because a) a tabloid is easier to deal with on a windy morning at the beach and b)…
Our next entry in the Quivey’s Grove Writing Competition comes from local student broadcaster, Matt Lange. It addresses one of my favorite topics, balance – and more specifically the lack of it in the modern American Craft Brewing industry. So, withou…
Since I got back from Brussels, I’ve been on a near-constant Belgian jag, getting reacquainted with the Trappist ales from Rochefort, Westmalle and Orval, even re-sampling three varieties of relatively easy-to-find Chimay (I’m a Cinq Cent…
I had an awesome time this weekend at the Stone Brewing Company’s 12th Anniversary Celebration. This year it was at a new venue in San Marcos. The grass was cool under my feet, the sun was shining, a light breeze was blowing. In short, it was the per…
Let’s say you’ve got a beer in your home built kegerator, and you keep dropping the temperature to the point that it accidentally freezes. Will it be ruined? The answer is no. You will, however, have to force carbonate again, as the CO2 will go out…
I have mentioned this briefly before on the blog but Pelican Brewery is one of the few that sell online directly to customers (and ship, of course). At some point I would like to put together a list of breweries that sell online with the help of read…