Archive for 'Beer Talk'

Welcome to Belgian Month!

It doesn’t matter if you’re a saint or sinner, a reverend or a priest, a farmhand or a monk, or just a right good chap, you probably like Belgian beer.  What is it about Belgian ales?  Why do beer nerds, myself included, flock to these exotic styles from a faraway time and place?  And how [...]

For the Love of Lager!

I’ve given “Lager” a bad rap over the years.  There was a time in my craft beer infancy when I associated anything labeled as a lager as something light, fizzy, and tasted like it was made by a multinational corporation that sponsors professional sports.  And even as I matured, I’m still a huge fan of [...]

A Barrel By Any Other Name

To tell this story, we need to go back in time a few months… Sometime between September and October 2010, my employer handed out an annual bonus to all employees.  With this newfound unbudgeted surge to my wallet, I did what most, if not all, beer geeks would have done: I got some beer I [...]