Summertime Ale

Summer is when lagers shine. They are generally more refreshing, have a higher level of carbonation and a more subtle flavor profile - all qualities that make a cold lager on a hot day a lovely thing indeed.
But don’t turn your back on ales during the dog days! There are some great ale […]

Beer Back on Top?

According to a recent Gallup poll Americans are choosing beer over wine once again. It was a tight race there for a while but, if one is to believe the results of this survey, beer is back on top.
Why? Oh, sure, let’s go ahead and speculate. For a few years wine was […]

Canoe Pirate

I’ve never considered buying beer for an underaged kid before but, I probably would in this case.
Casey Whittington of California spent some time patching up an old canoe a few weeks ago. After putting the finishing touches on his boat he wanted to make sure that it was fully repaired. He put it […]

Loving the Shandy

I seem to become more liberal all the time in my acceptance of what beer can be. There was a time when I wouldn’t have even considered mixing beer with anything else. Even the black and tan seemed a little wrong. I had this idea that what one found in the bottle […]

The Party’s Over for Molson Retirees

What’s the perfect job? Well, for me it has to include beer at some level. More than once I’ve considered working at a brewery because most provide their employees with regular supplies of free beer.
How about a company that provides beer during retirement? Sign me up!
But as quickly as I learn about […]

Beer and the Recession

There is a belief out there that beer is recession proof. Proponents of this idea point to the smaller recession in recent decades where sales of beer improved while the rest of the economy retracted. The idea is that as money gets tighter people want to continue to drink - or drink more […]

Comparing Two Big Brewers

I’m a snobbish beer geek. I know it; I own it. Therefore I tend to look askance at anything a big brewer does be it Anheuser-Busch, Diego, Miller or Inbev. I always suspect that they are up to something besides making better beer.
I’ve softened my view a little in the last couple […]

Beer for My Brothers

Victims of the same tragedy often feel a bond even is they don’t know one another. There’s a sort of ‘no one understands me like my brother’ feeling between them.
So it’s understandable that the residents of New Orleans can feel a connection with the residents of Fargo after the flood they recently endured. […]

Don’t Blame Beer Pong for the Stupid Decisions People Make

Remember a few weeks ago when that fake news story about herpes and beer pong was misinterpreted as real? Suddenly everyone was talking about how beer pong players were at risk of catching any number of VDs from their sport. Well, we now know that one isn’t at significantly higher risk of catching […]

Greeting the Morning With Pacifico

I’m not advocating beer for breakfast. Not that I have a problem with it. Want beer for breakfast? Go ahead; see if I care. Just keep your mitts off my morning bourbon.
At issue here is a new IPhone app from Pacifico. It’s an alarm clock that features a live feed […]

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