I admit that’s quite a title for a post.  Well, maybe it will be worth all the words.  Alesmith makes some good stuff.  For instance, Sweedway Stout is widely regarded as one of the best coffee stouts in the business.  Decadence is their yearly anniversary ale and can only picked up on a limited basis, [...]

In an effort to expand our participation on Saturdays, we’ve changed our procedure a bit.  We were picking beers and asking people to buy them. I’m sure that we are going to keep doing this sometimes, but we are currently trying to come up with some more ways for people to become involved.  It really [...]

Good stuff is really starting to happen in the Los Angeles (and surrounding area) beer scene.  One of those places is in the works right now. Tony’s Darts Away on Magnolia in Burbank is well on its way to opening.  The full-on opening is a month or so away, but I encourage those of us [...]

Preface to this brief Op-Ed series: I have, and will continue to be critical of internet based technology, particularly social networking sites, which for practical purposes will include “blogs” alongside sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and/or Beer Advocate.  Why?  A reference to this article is as far as I’m will go in explanation at this [...]

I’m still not certain that I’m going to get some Dark Lord Tickets. I have to go to work and am afraid I’m going to miss out. My wife is posting up, so there’s no guarantee but I’m hoping. I’ve bought plane tickets to go to Indiana already (my family lives there). Anyway, if I [...]

The bottle. Don’t let them tell you that Pliny the Younger can’t be found in the bottle.  Well, that’s where the story really starts.  I knew that Russian River was tapping Pliny the Younger at Lucky Baldwin’s (Pasadena) down the street.  I had one problem…I had to work.  So, despite the anticipation, I was stuck [...]

Guest Post: Don from Beer and Whiskey Bros. Please visit and subscribe to their site!!!! Let me first start off by saying that I did not buy this beer. It was a birthday gift as a part of a bunch of singles I was given by my sister-in-law. There, at least I think my man [...]

Here I am earning a pint of Bourbon Aged Angel’s Share at The Lost Abbey. Andrea (my lovely wife) helped. There will be a post coming on the whole adventure. I just wanted to share a bit.

More often than not, when I bring up Michael Jackson in a beer related conversation, I have to digress from the topic and briefly explain that I am not referring to the late King of Pop, but I am referring to perhaps the most influential beer enthusiast to have lived in the past century. Besides [...]

I’m not going to be able to be there for the tapping and consequential running out of Pliny the Younger. I have to work instead of being able to try the brew. It stinks but it’s life. It’s a little late in the game, but Lucky Baldwins will be tapping their keg some time between [...]