Today on my lunch break, this newspaper article from Luzene County, PA newspaper Citizen’s Voice jumped out at me: From Bibles to Beer. Perhaps it was so intriguing because it seemed to be an abstract of my life, but also because I…and everybody needs an uplifting story these days. As Mike and I tirelessly plunge [...]
I really want to know. Lay the facts on me as to why this is the oldest beer in your collection. Below is a picture of the oldest beer in my beer cellar. I actually picked it up at a antique mall in Toledo, Ohio for just a few dollars. The beer was brewed by [...]
Sometimes the phrase “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure” can truly hit home. Andrea and I have some friends near San Diego and went to visit them this past weekend, which led to me obtaining some seriously nice oak barrels. How did it happen? Well, our friend has started growing grapes on his property [...]
Not all beers are created equal, including Odell’s De-con-struc-tion Ale. It’s not that De-con-struc-tion is bad…it is astonishingly superb. I first had a sip of this beer at a KC Gents meeting, which is a group of guys in the KC Metro area who get together to drink and discuss beer. I don’t know who [...]
By now I am sure the entire beer blogosphere has published an article tittering with excitement centering on a recent discovery of intact bottles of beer from the 19th century pulled from the depths of a Baltic Sea ship wreck. I don’t blame them. As I read the article I myself began to titter with [...]
Why do people eat a hamburger rather than Spam? Why do people like a Ferrari better than a Pinto? It seems the answers to these questions is somewhat obvious (cost prohibitive aspects to the Ferrari aside). Quality, quality, quality. It is intriguing when those who are unfamiliar with craft beer ask the question, “What’s fueling [...]
Every day it seems like another electronic, real time, internet based forum/community is born. Myspace, FaceBook, LinkedIn, Twitter, etc., and the latest…Untappd. Untappd is much like Twitter, but less schizophrenic in nature. Instead of telling the world what you are doing at any given moment, you merely tell them (other Untappd members) what beer you [...]
Home brewing. What can I say, I love it. I love making it, I love thinking through my recipes and learning new tidbits about it. My current tradition has been to not really care about peeling labels or making my own. This shouldn’t be mistaken as merely a utilitarian use of beer. I just have [...]
I refuse to ridicule someone for drinking “crap” beer…you know, anything brewed by a “Macro Brewery.” Why? First, negativity is far less conducive to communicating a better idea, and two, I’d be making fun of myself because I wasn’t just born into this idea that there are better beers out there. I, like many others, [...]
