Home Brew

Saporro’s brewery, in today’s beer photo:

Sometimes you try a beer for the first time and come away with a certain opinion.  A little time and change of setting can change that opinion.  With that in mind, I went back and tried a couple beers that had been hiding out in my fridge that I tho…

We might as well call KOTBR #55 “Evel Knievel wannabes take over Broad Ripple Avenue.” For those of you who are unaware, last Thursday night saw Broad Ripple Avenue between College and Guilford get shut down for some freestyle motocross. Dudes on bi…

Hey guys. Magic Hat recently gave us at SevenPack the opportunity to review a couple of their newer brews. They sent a couple of lovely packages to both SevenPack Central here in Durham and our satellite office up in Boston, including both this, th…

Copenhagen. The first taste of something cosmopolitan and sophisticated for us Norwegians or, at least it used to be. Sure, we had been to the Steen + Strøm department store in Oslo to ride the escalators, but this was way beyond that. Palaces and ca…

My friend Nathan invited me over to give him a hand curing some bacon. He found a great deal on pork belly from a Korean restaurant supply store, ~$1.75/lb, so he bought a full 12 lb cryovaced slab. 2 lbs of it was added to a batch of sausages we ma…

There is lots of good stuff out there in online beer shops. If you leave a comment (look for the link just below the post title) in this post with the beer that you want to find, I can probably help. Just note that if it’s something rare like …

A week after Ike hit, I’m finally home to survey the damage. It actually not all that bad, a little damage to the roof, subsequently a little water damage inside, and I’ve lost 80% or so of my fence. All in all I’ll count my self lucky compared to m…

Innis & Gunn Oak Aged, Limited Edition 2006

Last day of summer, the weather’s still nice. Time for one of my favorite guilty pleasures. I can’t resist PBR.