Books About Beer: Good Beer Guide Prague & The Czech Republic
I'm not sure there are many things that sound less interesting than a blog post about a travel book about beer, but, you know what, fuck it. A friend of mine, who's been living in the Czech Republic for a few years now, is in town and he let me borrow a beer guide to Czech beers. I've not been to the country yet, but I do love me a good book about beer, so I started reading it this morning. Since this book is a travel guide of a place I haven't been to and don't really have plans to...
Things to Do With Beer: Yard Work and Danger-Genius Ramps
Today was a good day. Let me tell you about it. I spent pretty much all day outside working in the yard. This included: tilling up an insanely big garden area and a smaller (when compared with the first area) garden area; having an OK lunch with an excellent, big PBR; and weedeating, pushmowing, and ride-mowing (just made up a word--call Houghton Mifflin) the yard. But this doesn't sound like fun, does it? If you're thinking "no, it does not, dude" sorry, but you are incorrect. Add cold-ass Miller Lite to all of the yard mowing and the fun materializes like a...
Drinking It All: #11 Sweetwater IPA
Drinking It All is a document of my attempt to try every beer in circulation. It's a Herculean and tragic attempt at best. But it's the means, not the end that counts here. -- The last of the papers have been graded--it's officially time for beer. So, I'm going through and finishing the hanger-ons from some sixpacks I bought specifically to post about. Today I'm on the last Sweetwater IPA from a sixpack a friend brought back with him the last time he was in town. Sweetwater's the premeire, I guess, brewery in Atlanta, GA. Or at least it's the only one I...
Here Comes the Beer
I'm going to be shifting gears and focusing, almost exclusively, on homebrewing and beer. In an effort to more narrowly define my site and hopefully find a focused niche, I won't be posting about all of my interests anymore. Nobody's a pro at it all, except maybe Tom Waits, and I ain't Tom Waits. I'm currently trying to find a new home (read: blog) for The Box of Vinyl Project (only one rejection so far) because I think the idea is too much fun, and hopefully, to you guys, interesting, to quit altogether. If you know of a blog that it...
Brewed Slowly: Homebrewing Basics
I was recently asked to write up a post that covers the basics of homebrewing, and I realized that I probably should have done so at the beginning of this blog's existence. In any case, I'm doing it now. If you're considering starting to brew your own beer, or if you're just interested in the process, hopefully this post will give you an idea of how it works and where you need to go to get started. As I've told several friends when they ask me about homebrewing--it's too easy and too cheap not to do it. The easiest way to start brewing your...
On Stouts: Don’t Judge A Beer By Its Color
Today, the New York Times ran an article about Stouts (the beer) in which the author, Eric Asimov, and others tasted 19 different American stouts. Asimov (no relation to Isaac?) made a pretty good point, and one that is often overlooked or ignored, that stouts traditionally are low in alcohol, possibly even lower than the Buds, Coors, and Millers of the big breweries, and have a much more delicate flavor than the name implies and the color indicates. You can check out the article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/dining/reviews/28wine.html?_r=1&8dpc This discussion of stouts makes me wonder, as I have before, why...
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