Barry Foy’s “The Devil’s Food Dictionary: A Pioneering Culinary Reference Work Consisting Entirely of Lies” was reviewed yesterday in the Washington Post:[Foy] hilariously skewers food writers, cuisines and sacred culinary traditions. The book’s motto…
Washingtonian.com recently interviewed Chris O’Brien: beer blogger and author, and environmental activist.Chris traveled all over the world researching local brewing traditions, even working for a time as a brewer at the Zululand Brewing Company in Es…
There is a long history of autumnal beer fests and September and October are known as the beer festival season. It’s a time for celebrating the harvest, the new fortified beers for the coming winter and having those final outd…
MSNBC, through their partner Forbes Traveler, had a story today (sent to me by Pete Slosberg. Thanks Pete) that lists their choices for America’s Best Beer Festivals. It’s a surprisingly decent list, especially given other missteps Forbes…
I wanted to catch Sarah Palin’s speech tonight because, like the rest of America, I know little about her and what she believes in. In order to prepare for the evening, D got us a growler of Pliny the Elder.
Well, Palin (McCain, Obama, Biden, Ba…
My sister called me to report that she was spending her Labor Day cleaning the “back porch-ish part of the house,” and that things weren’t going so well. I was attempting to empathize, because, REALLY, I can relate to the marital str…
Name: Vertical Epic 08.08.08
Brewer: Stone Brewing
Style: Belgian Golden Ale/West Coast IPA
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: August 7th, 2008
Original Tasting: August 12th, 2008
Wow. I can’t believe it’s almost taken me a month to write this rev…
I’ve been hearing about Brasserie Dieu du Ciel! for quite some time now. I’ve always known them to make beers that are adventurous, hard to find, and highly revered. So, when I happened upon 2 of their bottle beers in limited availabilit…
This beer has an odd candy or honey aroma. The color is a light gold and clear. The head pours very thick and has good retention sticking around long after the pour.The taste is much like the aroma, sweet with some honey candy flavor. There is a cl…
In April a group of beer enthusiasts booked a tour
at Haandbryggeriet where we were shown around the brewery and
tasted some of the beers. And since they knew of us from our blogs
and from RateBeer they also let us taste some test brews of unreleased…