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Spring Training 2011

Link knows the way…A few weeks ago, a couple friends, Link and I decided that we needed to start getting back into beer hiking shape.  The days are getting longer and warm, sunny days are not far behind.  We’d heard that Proletariat Pizza i… [...]

Boobs on a Break

So, for all of our thousands of avid fans and also the people who accidentally stumbled upon this website while searching inappropriate things that have nothing to do with the blog (such as “drinking beer by pouring it on boobs” and “tiny ass thong”) you may have realized that this blog hasn’t been updated in [...] [...]

There’s a Stone in my Heart

The Stone crew has been missing from KC for 12 hours, and I already feel a missing place in my heart. Typically, spending two days with someone makes me want to get away from them and breathe. Not the case today. Attending many of the Stone Week events… [...]

10 op 10 voor Leuvens Bierfestival

Tekst en foto’s: Johan Leon Zaterdag 9 april 2011 werd het startschot gegeven voor het tiende Bierproeffestival van De Leuvense Biertherapeuten. Plaats van dit regionaal bierevenement: het mooie provinciedomein van Kessel-Lo. Meer dan zestig bieren stonden op de kaart onderverdeeld in 10 ‘eigenzinnige lijstjes’. Deze lijstjes hadden elk hun uitgangspunt gaande van ‘Vlaams-Brabant’, ‘bieren op [...] [...]

Kurt – VoppeBeer e la Tasting Room by Bad Attitude

Ho ricevuto, con grande piacere, anche la seconda spedizione da quei simpatici scavezzacollo svizzeri della Bad Attitude. Le birre hanno riposato qualche giorno dopo il viaggio nell’ormai consueto packaging “Cartone & Malto”, e ora è venuto il mom… [...]

Beer 391/365 – Piraat Ale

Style: Belgian IPA ABV: 10.5% Purchased at: Sharp Edge – Pittsburgh, PA What makes this beer different: Pretty much a go to for the Belgian IPA Style Will I be drinking this again: Yup, great beer all around Grade: A 4/21/2011: Ugh, last day at the job I have had for the last two years. [...] [...]

North Texas Beer Festival is Coming!

It has been over a month since my last post. I really do wish that my entire life revolved around beer, but alas, it does not. Unfortunate, really, because nothing brings me greater joy than talking with people about beer, community, and life. But I no… [...]

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Busy as a bee-r & Buckshot Boogaloo

The word “busy” is seriously overused in our society.  We’ve come up with all kinds of lame ass excuses as to what constitutes “busy.”  Busy isn’t surfing the web, playing video games, drinking beer, writing blogs, watching movies, or going o… [...]

Brooklyn: A Night Out in Park Slope, Best beer neighborhood in the United States?

Park Slope is known for its historic brownstones, stroller friendly sidewalks, and helicopter parents. Consistently named one of NYC’s and America’s best neighborhoods in various publications ranging from New York Magazine to Natural Home it certa… [...]

Here comes the sun…

The arrival of tailbacks on the roads and wasps in the parks can mean only one thing – Spring is here. After enduring months of snow, sleet, winds and haar (something we say every year, only this time it actually happened) the weather is taking a tur… [...]

Birra Artigianale in Lattina per le Vostre Zingarate Estive

Se l’IPA della Brewdog è PUNK, quella della Bad Attitude è GRUNGE. L’esperimento è riusciuto. Si può bere birra artigianale in lattina e non avere la stessa sensazione che si ha quando si tiene in mano e si manda giù una di quelle birre scrause te… [...]

Volt of De moedige Sommelier

Goesting werd enkele jaren geleden verkozen tot mooiste Vlaamse woord, maar het schoonste Duitse woord is zonder twijfel “Schadenfreude” – wat, voor wie de Duitse taal eerder onmachtig is, leedvermaak betekent of ook wel: het genoegen ontleend aa… [...]

Raging Bitch by Flying Dog.

Raging Bitch!!!…I find it pretty difficult to write those 2 words; knowing the end result is the ”publish me” button.Admittedly my initial purchasing decision was down to 2 things; 1) previous beers tasted by this brewery and; 2) (far less professi… [...]

New Zealanders Invent Home Beer Factory

So, a couple of New Zealanders who are way smarter than I am have created a contraption that will brew six gallons of beer, ferment, filter sediments, chill, carbonate, and server it.  It is officially named The WilliamsWarn Personal Brewery.&nbsp… [...]

Climate Cycle Fundraiser

Climate Cycle is a fundraising event where cycling participants raise money to help put solar cells and “green” learning tools in public school classrooms around the Chicago area.Last year I joined up with my friends and rose over $1000, and rode 62 mi… [...]

Teresa’s Next Door (Wayne) – Wings

The texture is of a crisp but tender wing.  I used the knife to cut between the joints and the tips but the meat was so juicy and tender by being cooked as a whole, unbroken wing, that it didn’t take much. – 4The sauce is more like a glaze than th… [...]

I don’t drink coffee, but beers with coffee flavors…

I am one of the few people on the planet who have never had a cup of coffee. I grew up in a tea drinking household and never really had an interest in coffee. I do know that if I did drink coffee, I would probably take it black and very strong. Now bee… [...]

Uinta Fifteenth Anniversary Barleywine

Uinta Brewing Company is located in Salt Lake City, UT and if my memory serves me correctly, I’ve never sampled any of their beers up until this point. This is a barleywine clocking in at 10.5% alcohol brewed to commemorate the 15th anniversary of thei… [...]

Pierre Celis: A Conversation in Hoegaarden

(Photo, above: Pierre pouring a Hoegaarden Grand Cruin a cafe in Hoegaarden, 2003.) Pierre Celis: a Conversation in HoegaardenMost of you will have heard by now of the passing of beer legend Pierre Celis on Saturday, April 9 at his home in Hoegaarden, … [...]