Making it about the craft

about the craft

For me, drinking craft beer is more about the craft than about the beer, but every now and again I’m reminded that beer is alcoholic and that people drink it with the aim of getting drunk. That’s not to say that I don’t occasionally end up drunk, or at least a little buzzed, only to […]

Beer cheese burgers: A culinary race to the bottom

beer cheese burgers

I’m all for normalizing beer. In fact, I participate in two weekly podcasts that look to do just that, and any hint that it’s happening catches my eye. That’s how I was tricked by the headline that fast food places would be adding beer. They will, but not in the way I had hoped. In […]

Craft beer this week in 9 stories and one relish recipe

9 stories

This week, we look at some of the stories behind our favorite craft beer posts of the week. As always, we’ll look at homebrewing practices and innovations as well as some of the things that are going on in the craft beer industry locally and abroad. As always, we’ll start the day with a tasting, so […]

Let’s talk about #Craftbeer

Over the last few weeks, a bunch of stuff has happened in the craft beer world, as well as within the homebrewing world. Teach Someone to Brew day went off pretty well at Xtreme Brewing this week, a couple of couples were in learning the ins and outs of brewing. More people drifted in as […]

Because sometimes eye of the ‘beerholder’ is an appropriate phrase

beerholder

The only thing that I like less than bad cliches is when they’re turned into bad puns. This week, however, we’re going to roll that disposition back and accept that the people who are touching the beer know mostly what they’re doing. Why you should homebrew You really ought to come to a class. There’s […]

A quick two cents on the top chef thing

Anthony Bourdain commentary

For better or worse, a couple of people have asked about Anthony Bourdain and “beer zombies.” First as a writer, I wanna remind everyone about context and sourcing. If an article headline interests you, go to the article, click on the link to the story to which the writer refers. Reblogging can cloud context. The shortest way […]