A year ago on New Year’s Day I began listing all of the beers I drank each day. It would have been a fascinating list to look at today, but by mid February it became clear to me that the task was too herculean for me to keep up with. Even looking back to the [...]
I have been doing a lot of cellar clearing lately. A while back I realized that the cellaring situation had gotten out of hand. Surveying the eight cases of homebrew, four cases of big bottle commercials, case and a half of “beer for aging”, and miscellaneous sixpacks of stuff that I didn’t even know anymore [...]
Okay, call me lazy. Things have been a bit hectic, I have a lot of writing to get done before leaving on a trip, and here it is Monday all of a sudden and I have a post to put up. So I am doing what every good blogger does from time to time…I’m recycling [...]
When I’m teaching beer appreciation classes, one question I am frequently asked is, “What do you look for in a great beer?” What makes a beer great? What separates the “best of the best” from the “also very goods.” It’s a good question, one worth pondering. The first things that I look for are balance [...]
