For whatever reason, you may have had to cut down on your beer drinking. Perhaps your boss/liver/sponsor/spouse told you to. Perhaps you have to take medication and you actually want it to work. If you have had to escort your drinking days politely to…
By rights, Kindly Old Mr. Curtin should right now be awaiting the second course of the Palm Beer Dinner at Monk’s Cafe–mmmm, grilled octopus served with Rodenbach Grand Cru–having already finished the first–mmmm, potato and goa…
Brew Day at home All photos by Charlie PapazianOn my day off or on weekends, sometimes I homebrew beer. It keeps me tuned in to why I do what I do. I just made my 15th batch of the year. It’s late September in the foothills of Colorado. I have 2…
Yesterday, Bill Leinenkugel, age 87, lost his lengthy battle with cancer and passed away. In 1971, Bill took over as President of the then-small Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, brewery — Leinenkugel Brewing — that his great-grandfather founded. During …
Lewkie Broon
Despite starting earlier than normal, we actually had a fairly late night last night. Things weren’t quite as smooth since Jeff couldn’t get there till later and Joel was suspiciously “out of town” for work. Methinks not.
We ha…
Killer Kowalski will be defending at this year’s GABF…the baltic porter, that is, not the wrestler (RIP). Just one of many interesting stories, I’m sure, that will be coming out of Denver at this year’s installment of the Great American Beer Festival.
The 6th annual Fredericksburg Oktoberfest will be held this weekend, Friday, September 26 – Sunday, September 28. You can expect plenty of food, beer and entertainment all weekend. The celebration is a family event and, as with all Blue & Gray eve…
Whilst at The Jug & Bottle, I picked up a copy of York CAMRA’s excellent newsletter Ouse Boozer. In it I found an advert for Haxby Working Mens’ Club. It turns out Haxby was less than five miles from where we were staying, and also hosted a Good …
Morphine beer? I’ve brewed some crazy things in my time, but never something that extreme. Apparently it’s all the rage in Santa Cruz, and someone has gone to jail for it.
William Brand first posted this story and I just had to shar…