The Gate’s “Winter” Ale Celebration continued last night with a good selection of beers from Sly Fox in Pennsylvania. The card proclaimed “Meet the beers. Drink the brewer” and I ended up doing only one of those. Oh well. I showed up a few minutes too late to this event, because [...]
Last night the Brew Dogs all gathered at my house to dip into a heavy stash of beers that we received in traded from a friend in San Francisco. We sent along some representative East Coast beers that he doesn’t have access to, and in return got a big box of California Brews, including [...]
I know, I know. I’m posting Tuesday about a Sunday session, but you’ll have to excuse me. See, that photo is of me drinking my first beer of the day at around noon, and I didn’t really stop drinking until midnight, so Monday was sort of a lost day for me. Anyhow, Spring finally seems [...]
Okay, so I clearly have no restraint — here’s the third beer from my run down to Philly. In the massive bank of refrigerated brews at The Foodery, Bell’s Batch 8000 called to me for a number of reasons including the amount of booze in this small bottle — a 9% ABV Witbeir? This [...]
Lakefront in Milwaukee is one of the more venerable US craft breweries. They’ve been around since 1987 and made one of the first organic beers, an ESB. It pours a lovely amber and has some nice floral hop character on the nose. They consider it an English style ESB and I have [...]
One of my favorite styles of Beer from one of my least favorite states to drive through. Akron, Ohio’s Hoppin’ Frog was recommended to me when friends of friends heard I was heading through Philly to hit The Foodery for some beers inaccessible as a whole to us New Yorkers. No idea why [...]
Feeling good about our heavy family hang time, my wife and I decided to blow through Philadelphia “on the way” back from Maryland, meaning that it added a few hours on to the trip, but man was it worth it. We went to Philly to hit the Foodery, which I knew was stashing plenty [...]
I’m down in Maryland visiting with my wife’s brother’s family. They’re the best — totally relaxed, steaks in the freezer, brews in the fridge, two adorable kids, nice big relaxing house, beautiful yard to hang out in, the works. But make no mistake, my wife’s family isn’t a normal family. They’re a [...]
After a rough afternoon visiting three different Social Security Administration offices in the metro area, I headed to MRB’s house for a bit. Fortunately for me, the only beer in his fridge were a Heineken, a Stella Artois and a bottle of Captain Lawrence’s Smoke from the Oak: Wine Barrel (batch number 2.) [...]
I admit I have a bit of a burger problem lately. I find myself eating them more and more often as the need to wear a jacket outdoors diminishes. I’ve also sworn a solemn oath (to myself) to take more time to enjoy my lunches, and to enjoy them with wine or beer whenever possible. [...]
