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August 5th, 2010 - 1:48 pm § in Uncategorized
What’s In A Name?
What’s in a name when it comes to christening beers? A hell of a lot if you ask most brewers. And some of them have gone clean round the bend, if you ask me. I don’t have a PhD from Cambridge, but I’d like to respectfully request a little more “clever” in my beer names, [...][...]
August 1st, 2010 - 6:46 pm § in Uncategorized
Of Too Much Beer
Today (Sunday, August 1, 2010) I woke up to a raging headache and a sick stomach. Why? Because I had too much beer the night before. See my boyfriend has been out of town for almost a week and I had reached my limit of being ok with that. He’s off in the Alaskan wilderness [...][...]
July 6th, 2010 - 7:10 am § in Uncategorized
Girls, Sours & Scotch
In the world of girls, I’m a broad – i.e. a chick with some lady-like tendencies, but missing critical “girl” genes. You know, those genes that make girls like chintz and kitten calendars, or purchase “bump-its” and shirts with rhinestone flowers on them. I’m not that girl. I lik[...]
June 21st, 2010 - 1:22 pm § in Uncategorized
What’s With the Wax??
As previously stated, I’m a fairly new convert to the world of craft beer, so sometimes I find that my “fresh eyes” see things differently than those who have been in the business much longer than me. So, when I first encountered beer bottles that had been waxed shut, I was genuinel[...]
June 11th, 2010 - 10:06 am § in Uncategorized
Are You a Beer Zombie?
Being a relative newcomer to the world of craft beer, I had a bit of a learning curve when it came to understanding the pecking order of beer drinker. And there is one whether you are aware of it or not. Until I was introduced to craft beer, I was completely unaware that there was anything other t[...]
June 10th, 2010 - 10:37 am § in Uncategorized
Dark Lord Day 2010
Dark Lord Day is only one day of the year, so it’s one of those occasions where you just hop on the raft and let events take you where they will. I’ve learned that’s kind of hard to do in Munster, Indiana. Munster is a really small town. Not micro small, but really pretty small. [...][...]