Category: Site News

It’s a long row to hoe… but damn, beer is worth it. »

Friends, The Captain admits he’s been up on deck a bit less than usual recently. I’ve been busy but dammit, no excuses… I need to be there more often for you beautiful beervolk or my name is asshat. I do hope my recent absence hasn’t left a bad taste in your mouth:
* But, well, […]

Brewing wheats… double time! »

OK… I forgot to take pictures. Sue me.* So here is a doctored picture of Sgt. Stout and myself (we love our Brigadier Bock, but he was absent from yesterdays brewing**) and uh… so here’s us. To set the mood.

So it was (or we hope it will turn out to have been) an interesting brew […]

A-tasting we did go! »

Friends, it was a lovely time. A tasty time! A Belgian Beer tasting time! Sergeant Stout, Admiral Ale and Brigadier Bock gathered around with ‘ol Captain Beer and we strode over to the superlative Red Carpet Liquors—one of Mrs. Beer’s and my favorite haunts!—and reveled in good beer, wisdom and revelry! Yes we… we reveled […]

Kolonel Tripel’s Homebrew Words of Wisdom »

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 […]

The Brewhaha of ‘08… anticipation mounts »

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 […]

THE APOCALYPSE… in beer form »

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. […]

ANOTHER valuable resource, beer lovers and brewers! »

TastyBrew.com!
Friends, brewers, beervolk… check out that site! All (or at least many) of your beer concerns will be alleviated by this comprehensive site. Need more recipes? Not sure how to calculate gravity? Lonely in the dark looking for signs of life? Just love beer? Well you’re all* in luck! TastyBrew.com IS that luck. Yeah.
*except for […]

Going all Business-Like… or something »

Friends, the Captain has designed a business card for all of his contacts and business associates through the Hall of Beers. It most certainly rocks:

I didn’t know you could define the word “Awesome” without words, but you can, beer readers, you can.

Recipes for YOU… and him… not you… yes me… »

Friends, in my lifelong quest for better beering, I recently came across a website—the homepage for our friends from the Culver City Home Brewing Supply Co. in fact—that gives a number of wonderful lookin’ recipes for your (in this case “your” meaning “my”) home brewing pleasure! Most stores, sites, whathaveyou, are very cagey about giving […]

Site News: HoB upgrades aplenty »

Greetings readers,
I have been working diligently to perform a boatload of maintenance on the site. You will notice the new look, but there are many new features under the hood. Those of you who frequent the site will notice that spam is gone, which came from a variety of security enhancements. […]