Hall of Beers

No, I don’t mean that stoopid Coors commercial with that frosty train gimmick. I mean today’s front page article on MSN.com touting the benefits of beer:
“The Boons of Beer” http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100220712&GT1=31036
and this link to another, even better (older) article:
“Beer With Benefits” http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100197361
The latter has a great guide to some top-notch brews, with most of which I [...]

 
Well, one would think summer might have drawn to a close by now… I suppose it has, everywhere except Vegas that is, where it continues to hit 85 degrees nearly every ‘effing day. One would think one was in the desert or something. Actually, 85 degrees isn’t all that bad, and the evenings are extremely [...]

     
Define the word “Devotion.”
Wait–no, stop, I’ll do it for you.
Devotion = desiring a glass specifically shaped and decorated for one type of beer so much that you’re willing to pay more for it in shipping and handling than the actual cost of the merchandise.
Note – this could also be the definition for “moron,” but that is [...]

Gather round children, for I come bearing words of encouragement, rather than disgrace (reference my Apocalypse post of two months ago). As we speak (or rather, as you read the words I previously typed… previous, that is, to right now! Right… NOW!), my freshly-brewed Dunkelweizen is busily bubbling away in the coat closet. I wanted [...]

From Dictionary.com:
brou·ha·ha   / [broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah, broo-hah-hah] –noun
1. excited public interest, discussion, or the like, as the clamor attending some sensational event; hullabaloo: The brouhaha followed disclosures of graft at City Hall. 
2. an episode involving excitement, confusion, turmoil, etc., esp. a broil over a minor or ridiculous cause: A brouhaha by the baseball [...]

To begin this post, I would like to quote a stanza from the Byrds’ 1965 song Turn Turn Turn:

To everything, turn, turn, turn
There is a season, turn turn turn
And a time for every purpose, under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die;
A time to clean up exploded beers, a time to finally find [...]

I can’t believe it. I can’t f%&#ing believe it. I can’t F%&#ING BELIEVE IT!!! They all blew. THEY ALL BLEW! THE WHOLE G%#DAMN CABINET!!!
It is quite possible that I have discovered a source of energy that is renewable, organic, has the potential to free us from the grip of foreign oil, and will get you drunk. [...]

I am actually posting again. Yes, the prodigal son returns. You know, whenever I hear of the “prodigal” son I always think of the word “prodigy,” which is totally not what that parable is all about. Because if your son was a prodigy and came home, you’d be all like “Sweet! OK then, Mr. Smartypants, [...]

You never think it will happen to you. Sure, there’s the occasional boilover, the incidental spillage during bottling, the random skunky beer. All risks that are inherent to the homebrewing trade. But until last night, I’d never experienced the worst of them all… the catastrophic beerplosion.
Now, I’ll admit I was asking for this one. [...]

The Kolonel has been AWOL from posting for the past couple weeks, but now it’s time to offer up another fine selection from the magical monasteries of Belgium. The Abbey of Grimbergen is not one of the certified Trappist monasteries, but these monks nevertheless know how to craft a solid brew. As their label states, [...]