2013 brought us a rather nerdgasmic and beergasmic collaboration beer from the geektastic mind of Wil Wheaton and Fark.com’s Drew Curtis, with the help of Stone Brewing Co. It is with great anticipation that the world will soon be treated ...
Posts by Category: Miscellaneous
Everything that doesn’t fit anywhere else. Opinion pieces, observations, novelties, goofy stuff and general ramblings.
Musical Beers
“A barrel of malt, a bushel of hops, you stir it around with a stick,” Flogging Molly sings in the aptly-titled song “Beer Beer Beer.” This song serves as just one small part of a long relationship between music and beer. Lately this relationship ...
Joe Man Meets the Beer Busters
Joe Mansell (aka Joe Man) is a Beer Busters fan from Richmond, VA who reached out to us for some advice on beer spots to hit while he and his family vacationed in New York. We ended up meeting with him while he was traveling through our neck of ...
The Business of Craft Beer by Kendall College
Kendall College of Chicago offers courses in the culinary arts and hospitality management as well as business and education. Their hospitality program recently did a study into craft beer that provides insights into both the growth of the craft ...
Homemade Cheese with Cheese Wiz Emily Klie
As beer lovers, we are familiar with the wonderful things our funky little friends we call yeast can accomplish through fermentation. One of the many truly incredible products derived through this process is that magical food that is cheese. ...
The Beerducation of Steph Heffner (And a Tour of Vermont Beer)
I recently returned from my residency week for the American Brewers Guild as part of the Craft Brewers Apprenticeship program. I enjoyed meeting the other 23 people in the program and had a blast working and learning in the brewery. I now have a ...
Gift Ideas for the Beer Lover on Your List
The holiday shopping season is finally upon us. For better or worse, it’s time to go out (or search the Internet) for the perfect gift for that special someone. I have come up with a list of totally awesome gifts for that certain someone in your ...
Fear In My Beer: Haunted Breweries
Double, double toil and trouble. Fire burn and brew kettle bubble… Whether you believe in ghosts or not, it’s always fun to tell spooky stories this time of year. And, whether you’ve shuffled off your mortal coil or not, you can still ...
Six Beer-Themed Halloween Costumes (For Better or Worse)
All Hallow’s Eve is fast approaching. Have you picked out your guise yet? From gobliins, ghouls and witches to vampires, werewolves, dead celebrities and sitting presidents, Halloween costumes can be elaborate, clever, subtle and witty. ...
Much Ado About Brew: Craft Beer Hype
What is it about the hype behind a craft beer? The need to drive to Mari’s Six Pak N’ Mor as soon as they post on Facebook they have W00tstout or that moment you find out “a friend of a friend” just came back from Vermont with cases of Heady ...
