This past Monday we were able to enjoy an amazing new tap handle as we poured the Swashchuckler and Lumberjack from the kegerator. This stellar new addition is complements of Ian - my younger sister’s boyfriend. Ian and I have a special relationship. I had never met him and for the previous […]

The WSJ (that’s Wall Street Journal for you uneducated people out there) ran a great story today about the Trappist monks at St. Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren, Belgium.
Monks have been brewing Westvleteren beer at this remote spot near the French border since 1839. Their brew, offered in strengths up to 10.2% alcohol by volume, is […]

Last night we kegged 25 gallons of beer. 20% of this was an experimental beer – our Roundhouse Pale Ale with added applewood chips. We’ll have to wait and see what she tastes like when she carbonates, but initial reactions were encouraging. The applewood lends a unique flavor, and could potentially be that “something” that […]

I drove back to Atlanta from Nashville yesterday afternoon. The traffic was horrendous.

And since I was transporting 4 yeast vials, I obviously felt like some kind of helicopter pilot for LifeFlight or something. Except my helicopter was a Civic. And the heart I had to keep alive for transplant was yeast. Nonetheless, the metaphor holds. […]

After skipping brewing last week, we’re frothing at the mouth to get back to it. “Frothing” is probably a hyperbole. Jeff and I are excited. Joel, however, is actually frothing. I’m currently in Nashville, so I took a trip to the local homebrew shop, All Seasons. And yes, they had what we needed:

We were completely […]

I was hoping to get this post out sooner, but I ended up taking 3 hour post-Thanksgiving nap, for which I do not apologize. I’ve been in the Appalachian mountains at my parents’ cabin. This place is great… Here’s a pic of my 98-year-old great-grandpa shuffling by the fire next to our dog Roxy:

And my […]

Normally I don’t repost people’s comments, but our friend Brad (the self-proclaimed Unrepentant Individual) has done gone and made a great point – which happens to back up my position:
One more way the internet is changing the world.
Beer used to be dominated by the guys who could make fancy commercials and put them […]