Why do we like to drink beer? Or drink any alcohol for that matter? Well, watching football games this weekend I thought about many actual reasons why. (As opposed to the reasons that are depicted on the endless and insipid light beer commercials). Patrick McGovern, an archeologist from the University of Pennsylvania, just published a book ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on January 11, 2010
Florida over the holidays is a nice change… The weather, relaxing by the water… And Key West has that “whatever” Bourbon St vibe… But what about the beer? I was really challenged in the hotels, resorts and downtown bars to find anything remarkable, any craft beer - much less local. At the common venues along with the ... Read More No Comments
Written by admin on January 3, 2010
The X Fest was a really nice Christmas Beer tasting event held last Friday night at the Penn Museum. Joe Sixpack (Don Russell) and the Philly Beer Week crew put together some great winter brews at the site of the old “Book & Cook” beer tastings at Penn. Unlike those events, you could actually hear yourself ... Read More No Comments
Written by admin on December 15, 2009
A smiling bearded man I saw rolling down the steps of the brewers exit at the GABF 2006 turned out to be a brewer from Lagunitas… This turned out to be just an example of the craziness that this fine brewery from Petaluma California was about to unleash on beer appreciators everywhere over the next ... Read More No Comments
Written by admin on December 6, 2009
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The stream of to go customers buying artesian fresh made pizza made me decide to try one with my fre Read More
Imagine how happy I was to find that the hotel I was crashing in this week in Chicago had a great Ta Read More