Oftentimes I would love to brew during the week but find that it is not really that plausible after work…or…it wasn’t. I’ve recently rediscovered the joy of brewing lower gravity (most recently a mild) brews. In the past, my brews have tended to be pretty big, wheat heavy, or fairly involved. Large grain bills that [...]
While in some corners of the world, spit (saliva) is a must-have ingredient when making a good brew, here in the United States we try to keep the spit out. Saliva contains more than a few microbes and bacteria that would love to feast on the sugar in wort, or residual sugar left in a [...]
Below is an amazingly cute picture of beer and my one year old…but first, a few words. I cannot help but occasionally write about the melding of two passions of mine: Beer and kids. You see, I love beer, and I love all five of my kids…and before you ask, no, I do not love [...]
It is a confounding occurrence when people are genuinely humble and speak openly about their mistakes. Sure, I like self-deprecating humor as much as anyone, but I don’t know that I’d always call it humble (or being humbled or posting that I’ve been humbled is more like it). But life is full of humbling experiences. [...]
Nate’s post on guilty pleasure beers got me thinking about some of the beers, like Red Stripe, that are my guilty pleasure beers. I considered putting Fat Tire by New Belgian as one of them. But after hanging out with a friend tonight and putting nostalgia aside, Fat Tire is really a balanced and good [...]
Living in Kansas City has it’s perks…for one, the craft beer scene is huge and more highly organized than it was when I lived in Toledo, and two, the city boasts the 16th largest craft brewery in the US: Boulevard Brewing Company. Last night (Tuesday, January 19th) the two melded for a fun night. The [...]
The key word to the title of this post is “out”. Ironically, the drinking part isn’t the most scandalous. I love to regularly drink a brew on Tuesday…really any day. However, I am making a trek to LA tonight in order to support Randy and the release of his cookbook. I’m looking forward to a [...]
Sometimes I feel like all this talk that rings of “I’m not beer snob, I’m just a beer geek, is a subtly constructed comfort lie meant to ease the conscience of the typical beer enthusiast. Seriously…I felt like I had to explain myself recently when, while out with some beer geek friends I ordered a [...]
You gotta love The Onion. Somehow their combination of absurdity, blatant falsehood, and disregard for the politically correct manages to make sense of life at times. An article that they published back in March of 2010 recently made it to my desk and practically left me in stitches. The story–Man On Internet Almost Falls Into [...]
The more we as a people embrace postmodernism, the more aggressively we profess a disdain for rules and standards. But deep inside, we know they can be beneficial and are meant for our own good. They keep our roads flowing, our pockets less pick-pocketed, and our beer delicious. That doesn’t mean that at times a [...]
