A few months back it was big news that Redhook and Widmer would be joining forces, but little has changed for the consumer. While they still carry their own labels, for the purpose of this article I’m going to think of them as one entity. Here a…
About a month ago, you may recall a Santa Cruz graduate student in chemistry was arrested for homebrewing with poppies.
To update this story, on Friday the student, Chad Renzelman, was given a sentence of “drug diversion,” essentially par…
Time flies when you’re drinking beer. It doesn’t seem possible that 15 years have passed since I returned from a European vacation, drove out to the Capshew residence for a picnic, and chatted with David Pierce about the beers planned for the fort…
Yeah you. I’m watchin’ the Phillies dominate the Rays. I also watched the Steelers get schooled today. Funny sports would be so important to me. I must be slipping. Getting close to no beer in the house too.Speaking of whiich I didn’t brew. Too …
Beer sales may have increased since the banking meltdown, but the winter holiday season will be the tale of the tape for beer and wine sales and, of course, for all of retail.Anecdotally, hiring is less than it was last year. And, as commercial credi…
Years ago in Stirling Scotland I likely got my only true pint of beer. The fluid crested over the glass holding it through the miracle of surface tension and the bartender told me to lean over and take a first draw off the top to avoid losing too much…
Name: Pumking
Brewer: Southern Tier Brewing
Style: Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: September 25th. 2008
Original Tasting: October 1st, 2008
Hello everyone! Fall so far has been a busy time for me, but there’s no way I could let …
Imagine that, something from Atlanta named Peachtree! Now, I lived in ATL for a while, so I know a few things about that town, and one of them is that there is far too much Peachtree going on down there. Demerit #1, Atlanta Brewing Company. This be…
They had Sierra Nevada Chico Estate Harvest on tap which was excellent. Then decided to close it out with an old favorite- Blind Pig. My beer drinking brother ordered a Stone 10th Anniversary double IPA.Russian River Blind Pig IPAStone 10th Annivers…
From The New York Times, drowning one’s disappointment in the shallowness of social networking with beer:The beer arrived, a British import: Young’s Double Chocolate Stout. I raised my glass in a solitary toast and promised myself I’d spend less t…