This guest series has actually been written by Howard, a reader and frequent commenter/educator here on Thank Heaven for Beer.  Since his experience far outweighs ours, we thought it only fitting to open up the floor.  Thanks Howard! Beer Value Most traders like to trade dollar-for-dollar, meaning if they send you $40 worth of beer, [...]

This guest series has actually been written by Howard, a reader and frequent commenter/educator here on Thank Heaven for Beer.  Since his experience far outweighs ours, we thought it only fitting to open up the floor.  Thanks Howard! If you want to try something that’s not available at your local liquor stores, you have four [...]

If you have been following this blog for a while but have never put forth an effort to pick up our suggested beer of the week, do yourself a favor.  Drive out of your way.  Go that bottle shop in the neighboring subburb.  Call around.  Why? This week we are going to be sipping together [...]

I first spied the shiny maroon can in the domestics aisle about two weeks ago.  Poor little guy!  All alone in a sea of brightly labeled brown bottles.   I was interested, but not enough to buy it.  You see, as summer is nearly upon us, I just have not been in the mood for [...]

Have you ever had the experience of drinking a beer, and subsequently finding yourself at a loss for perception as to whether it was good or not? Maybe there were moments of glory and defeat during the drinking process.  Maybe you had a cold? This is the experience I had drinking Great Lakes Brewing Company’s [...]

DISCLAIMER:  This post in know way is meant to serve any partisan purpose; just beer. Economics is by no means my forte; however, common sense is.  Common sense, when applied to economics, is often disregarded as a kill joy, for common sense states items and services come at an expense and that one cannot spend [...]

For many, simply knowing that a wheat beer is a beer made with wheat as an ingredient, is intellectually satisfying.  But anyone who has delved into the word of beer, has discovered that there is more than meets the eye to this category, and may be thirsty for more beer instruction.  For example, if one [...]

Behind every good beer is a good story, and The Reverend is a sterling example.  Avery named the beer in honor of its sales manager’s grandfather who was an ordained Episcopal minister.  The goal was to create a beer that demonstrated the admirable character of the departed, good-willed grandfather.  Bold, assertive, and of a pure [...]

Disclaimer: This is not directed at anyone in particular. Don’t be self-absorbed and think that I’m talking specifically about you. I’m always critical of the person who exclusively drinks macro beer. In fact, I can be critical of someone who drinks them with any regularity. Now that I work in a liquor store, I’ve observed [...]

Webster’s dictionary defines drive-by as: done or made in a quick or cursory manner <a drive–by analysis> So, since I am behind in my beer reviews, I am going to briefly, and in a cursory manor, influence your future beer  choices. Two Brothers’ Bare Tree I would wager that this is an under rated, and [...]