Archive for the 'Beers' Category

This makes one good reason to drink in NYC

Friday, April 25th, 2008

Just kidding. Once you get past the sticker shock Manhattan has plenty to offer a beer drinker.
It all becomes easier to with the rollout of the website Beer Menus - Find Great Beer in New York City. That’s where, as I type, are beer listings for 177 bars and 1210 beers.
So you are wondering where […]

A weekend in the ‘other’ Portland

Monday, October 1st, 2007

The New York Times goes brewery hopping around Portland, Maine.
At times an adventure.
The directions Steve Gorrill gave me to Sheepscot Valley Brewing Company, which he runs in Whitefield, 60 miles out of Portland, were the first clue it was a different kind of place. We followed them through Wiscasset, past the Alna Store, over a […]

Finding in the ‘good stuff’ in Chicago

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

Time Out Chicago distributed its beer issue last week.
Some of the stories you’d expect - tips, interviews with breweries, etc. - but overall a surprising amount of fun. Suns Swap profiles drinkers moving from one beer to another, such as from Miller High Life to Stella Artois (got think Andrew might manage another step soon).
The […]

Pub operator fights for local beer

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Raise a mug to honor Dave Jaques, a UK pub landlord so determined to seve local beer he faces a fine from the chain that owns his pub.
Jaques, who runs The Cock in Henham, stocks Saffron Brewery’s Essex Pale Ale although that violates his tenancy agreement, which states all beer, lager and cider purchases must […]

The birth of Santa’s beer

Friday, December 8th, 2006

Don Russell, a.k.a., Joe Sixpack visits Vorchdorf, Austria to watched the birth of the next batch of Samichlaus. The renowned beer, whose name is the Swiss-German word for Santa Claus, is made only one day each year, St. Nicholas Day.
As well as seeing the beer blessed, Russell was able to taste several vintages.
Where the ‘05 […]

Flying with beer

Friday, August 25th, 2006

This article - Traveling with wine: Dealing with the new airline regulations - is really about flying with wine, and packing it well in your shipped luggage. But bottles of alcohol are bottles of alcohol . . .
The gritty details start several paragraphs from the lead. All the tips are terrific, and some are things […]

Fat Tire update (Chicago)

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

Way back when we mentioned the arrival of Fat Tire in Chicago.
The Daily Southtown has a feature on how sales are booming.
“The 22-ounce bottles definitely make a statement,” said Michelle Wilham, New Belgium’s Chicago market manager.
We can attest to that. We saw the bottles in almost every quality beer retailer we looked in.