Posted in Beer on Aug 19th, 2010
This morning I awoke in Seattle to a foggy morning filled with expectations. Mount Rainier was on our minds as my brother and I prepared for our camping excursion to get lost in her charms. After a requisite trip to the REI castle here, we hit up Bottleworks, the local craft beer store where we [...]
Posted in Beer on Aug 23rd, 2009
There are many professions that kids consider downright uncool. “What’s your dad do? Oh, he’s a middle manager for a bank? Lame. I’m gonna be an astronaut”. “Yours is a teacher? Yuck! I’m gonna be a millionaire in Dubai” (yes, times have changed). But when I was a kid and heard that my best friend’s [...]
Seattle rules. For an NYC boy like me to get to see more than a sliver of the sky at a time, it’s a pleasure, but to see the entire sky at once was beyond therapeutic. And the sheer amount of art? Whoa. I thought the East Village was artsy, but its got nothing on [...]
Posted in Beer on Mar 29th, 2009
(Originally posted as a guest article on Hop Talk) Within the wine, beer and spirits world, passions run deep. And so do the divisions. Whether it is beer vs. wine, red vs. white, or vodka vs. bourbon, the warring camps of devotees are steadfast and thirsty for the other’s blood. Whether it is double- vs. [...]
Posted in Beer on Feb 7th, 2009
1. New Belgium Brewing, Fort Collins, Colorado Founded: 1991 Production: approx 437,000 barrels (website) The place that started it all. My own beer revolution. ”Fat Tire” was her name. And she was delicious and demanding; pay attention to me!, she said. And I did. I took note. For the first time ever in my, albeit [...]
