I was eating my breakfast during a recent visit to Portland when I overheard some tourists at the next table ask the waitress if she could recommend a “must see” for Portland. The waitress couldn’t come up with anything but I was all too happy t…
I regularly hear and read good things about Left Hand Brewing out of Longmont, Colorado. Many of their beers have been recommended to me and from reading a bit about them they seem like a pretty cool company that supports the local community and under…
A few weeks ago, I talked about the addition of Olde Main to the Iowa bottled beer selection, specifically the Scottish ale, which I found to be a pleasant beer to keep on hand. Since that time, Wonderful Beer Wife brought home their other two offerin…
My first Oktoberfest of the year, I caught this one out of the corner of my eye while I was in the check out line of Smiley’s. I have to hand it to Leiney’s they really know how to make a bright and spunky package. So I added a few to a mix pack and …
So you may have heard that our farm beer dinner to Wisconsin was postponed for last Saturday. Well, I had my parents watchin’ after the rugrats, so we ventured out to Galway Tribes for their “Half way to Paddy’s day celebration”. While intrigued by t…
Not many thing go better with a beer than a sausage. One the extra joys of going to the phenomenal Toronado beer bar in San Francisco is grabbing a sausage to go with your beer next door at Rosamunde Sausage Grill. So when my friend, and fellow home…
Rode out to the Zymurnauts – SPBW – Guild Crab Feast 2008 Saturday at the Goddard Space Flight Center Recreation Center.Great day, nice setting, really good beer. The home-brewed watermelon ale was gone by the time I got there, but I did try anot…
Wallop, wallop, wallop
Yes, I mean that literally. While I would argue that Ray Daniels — author, publisher, real ale festival organizer and Cicerone founder — has plenty of heart, I only recently learned that he underwent open heart surgery. The surgery took place on …
Actually, fall began at 11:44 a.m. EDT today. So it’s OK to buy those heavier, darker, richer beers you’ve been saving up for all summer. Never mind that it’s actually cold enough to justify it this year, thank you very much La Nina….