Now that the warmth of summer has worn off, a few chilly days have hit.  I don’t know about anyone else, but the change in weather has left me needing a little warm-up.  While many people are emphasizing Oktoberfest beers, we want to change gears just a little bit, so were going to have a [...]

Summer is over!  I’m not at all opposed to drinking this beer in the winter, but the refreshment that a beer like this gives during hot weather is unparalleled.  So there I was tenaciously and obstinately clinging on to summer (carefree, childhood summers, really).  Dreaming of lazily wasting a warm and perfect day.  This may [...]

I was a bit afraid to attempt a beer that is “yammy” from 17 pounds of yams per barrel.

Some things just go together.  Sometimes I sit wondering why two seemingly unrelated fields become linked so closely. For me, blues and beer just go together.  I used to go with a good friend of mine to The Slippery Noodle in Indianapolis.  We’d drink a few beers and enjoy the music.  Blues just gives me [...]

With summer wrapping up, we thought we could go out with a refreshing finish.  This beer is sure to conjure up all the summer moments that were pleasing and lethargic.  Most all of us have had Blue Moon here in the US but many of us have not yet tried the original gangster of the [...]

Extreme interventionism, while well intentioned doesn’t always work. Does anyone remember the prohibition, Al Capone, and Bugs Moran?