Summertime Beers
Tuesday May 30, 2006
Ah, summertime is here. I’ve put together a list of beer designed to bring some spice and flavor to the hot days ahead. There are beers for the ... Read More
How About Some Homebrew on Your Hot Dog?
Saturday May 27, 2006
Have you ever picked up a jar of “beer” mustard only to find that it’s just average mustard? I know I have. After three or four disappointments I ... Read More
Football and Beer – and I’m not talking about the Super Bowl and Bud Lite
Thursday May 25, 2006
As most of the world anticipates the World Cup in Germany coming up next month Adam Withrington of The Publican has introduced an amusing way for English pubs to attract ... Read More
Put the Ice Cream Scoop Down and Step Away from the Stout!
Thursday May 25, 2006
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been able to bring myself to risking a good bottle of beer on the oft recommended Stout Float. The converted seem ... Read More
Goose Hunting
Friday May 19, 2006
The Chicago Tribune reports that Anheuser-Busch in their continuing efforts to get a piece of the steadily growing craft brew market is likely to buy 35% of Goose Island and ... Read More
A Beautiful Beer Named Layla
Sunday May 14, 2006
There is a spot in St. Louis known simply as The Loop. Located on Delmar near Washington University, the loop is kind of trendy with kitschy shops and ethnic ... Read More
What is Beer?
Sunday May 14, 2006
In the coming weeks I will be filling out the Beer Styles category with profiles of various lager and ale styles. This has brought a question to mind that ... Read More
Don't Pick on Pilsner!
Saturday May 13, 2006
Beer snobs often look askance upon Pilsner. I even have a friend that simply won’t drink the stuff declaring proudly that he’s an ale man and he won’t have ... Read More
800 Pound Microbrewery?
Tuesday May 9, 2006
A recent report on the AP wire says that beer sales are recovering after some recent loss of market share to wine makers. The report attributes the resurgence of ... Read More
The Ten Beers that Every Beer Lover Should Know
Monday May 8, 2006
More than once I’ve been asked what my favorite beer is. More often than that I’m asked by friends what beer they should order. These questions always leave ... Read More
Homebrewers – Frustrated with slow fermentation start up?
Wednesday May 3, 2006
I don’t know about you but I am incredibly impatient, especially when it comes to waiting for those bubbles to start showing in my airlock once I’ve brewed a new ... Read More
Hop-Heads Alert – Here’s one you’ll want to seek out
Monday May 1, 2006
Mac’s Brewery in New Zealand has introduced a new seasonal beer, Brewjolais. At 47 IBUs this won’t be the hoppiest beer you’ve ever come across although that’s enough to ... Read More