Grizzly Growler

I like the whole premise of this new Ignition series from Pyramid Brewing Co. Yeah, it’s gimmicky, yeah, it’s marketing, but it’s also boundary pushing and conversational, so we’ll go with it. I haven’t had one of these bad boys yet, but I’ll be inquiring down at Worden’s to see if they can get some [...]

In their latest single barrel release, Glacier Brewing Co. is giving a little sunshine back to Western Montana. Prost, GG

Beer buddy Josh Quick popped into the office this morning to tell me he’d tried a new hefeweizen at the Old Post Pub last night. “I’m not really a big fan of hefes,” he told me, before he expounded upon the virtues of this particular find. I hear that first phrase a lot actually. Dedicated [...]

Finally got to have a beer in the Fankfurt airport. It was 8 a.m., but I figured it was noon somewhere. This hefeweizen was refreshing after two weeks in India. Sort of washed the curry taste out of things. I wish I could’ve found an IPA in India, but it will have to remain a [...]

Always on the lookout for something new and unique, I stumbled on Haand Bryggeriet’s Dark Force, Imperial Double Wheat Stout at The Good Food Store. The name sounds impressive, and perhaps a little too much so. But no, this beer lives up to most of its name.Using a wheat and lots of dark roasted malts [...]

We all know things are changing rapidly out there. People are brewing 4,000-year-old Chinese beer recipes and putting lychee fruit in beer for cryin’ out loud. Because the beer world is changing as rapidly as the regular world, I feel as though I must adapt. I already do a lot of video on this site, [...]

It’s hard to type right now. I’ve got a callous on my thumb the size of a small hill. Last week I decided to buy my son Guitar Hero III. Then I got hooked on it. So instead of sitting around watching television and sipping on a cool beer in the evenings, I’ve been slamming [...]

You’re in the beer aisle of the grocery store and clumsily palm the number pad on your cell phone to call your wife. “Honey, what’s for dinner?” “Pesto, why aren’t you home yet?” “Nevermind that, what goes with pesto?” “Huh?” Yes, that was an overuse of the question mark, but I assure you it’s a [...]

Two days after running the Honolulu Marathon my legs still burned with every step. So it was with some pleasure that I sunk back into the airplane seat for the half-hour flight to Kona, my chance to not have to walk somewhere for a set period of time. My wife and I spent those two [...]

I don’t drink dark beer during the summer. The reason I don’t is probably psychological — dark beer means heavy beer. While that’s often true, there are a few beers out there that offer a dark complexion, good complexity and light body. Sounds like a description out of a romance novel doesn’t it? Here’s an [...]