There is an awesome bar in in Washington, D.C. called the Brickskeller. Its my kinda place. Hell, even their domain name is lovethebeer.com. They claim to have the world’s largest beer selection and it certainly looked like they did. Unfortunately, due to season rotation and popularity, some of what we tried to [...]
Oskar Blues’s Ten Fidy Imperial Stout may be the best stout I have ever had. Color, taste, texture… Awesomeness in A CAN! If you can get your hands on some, I highly recommend it.
For a combined Father’s Day / Birthday gift, I got a Canon Powershot SD630. I call it mine, but I guess its the whole family’s. :) We still have our Canon Powershot G3 and love it, but we wanted something small we could carry in a purse or backpack without it being too heavy. [...]
Last night, Sarah and I watched Fever Pitch. The movie was a light romantic comedy and was entertaining. It has Jimmy Fallon as an insane RedSox fan and his relationship with a woman and how the two mix and match, or don’t as the case may be.
Anyway, a lot of the movie takes place in [...]
From this mornings Chicago Tribune: Goose Island may partner with maker of Budweiser
The beer industry has been buzzing for weeks about talks between Chicago’s largest microbrewery and Anheuser-Busch Cos., fostering speculation the St. Louis beer giant may be interested in buying an ownership stake in Goose Island.
Goose Island president and founder John Hall confirmed that [...]
In the Chicago Tribune’s food section today there was the article: When smoke gets in your beer, drink up.
The article goes on to talk about a few Smoke beers, including Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier which I have had always referred to as “Marzen smoke ale” even though Marzen is the type (if I remember correctly) of [...]
I finally stopped on my way home and took some quick pictures of Bud’s with my phone. The second one makes me nervous, even though I’m pretty sure its standard operating procedure. (Click on the images for a bigger view.)
FYI, I’m experimenting in this post with using the WPGallery plug-in.
Since Dinah has been in day care, I’ve been taking the train from Metra stop in Roselle. Since I have been parking in the North parking lot, I drive by Bud’s, the former home of BeerTuesday, almost daily.
Today I ask for a moment of silence, my brothers and sisters in mass alcohol consumption, [...]
Beer Losing Ground in Beverage Market
“Our wholesaler contacts have told us through a survey we conducted recently that beer has lost its ’sexiness’ and ‘appeal to young consumers’”