Jonathan’s recent post about beer for dogs combined with my latest beer of the month shipment has had me thinking about the health benefits of beer.  After all it’s just grain, water, hops and yeast.  Heck, our grains are even ORGANIC sometimes - that’s gotta be good.  So, here are the stats on 1 cup […]

I know it’s something we’ve hit on many times before but it’s very nice to see the strides that good beer has taken in this country.  This article in Business Week covers some of the stats:
Since then, the microbrewery business has grown and begun, in fact, to thrive. In 1978 there were a total of […]

I recently had a birthday and I’ve gotta hand it to my wife for yet another great birthday gift.  Last year she surprised me with 144 MNB pint glasses, this year she gave me a subscription to “Beer of the Month” club.
Every thirty days I’ll receive a 12 new beers (3 beers of 4 kinds) […]

I recently received the following e-mail:
Hello Joel.
A few of my good friends and I, like you, have gotten together to brew some beer. We have spent a good part of the last two years finding a brewer, creating the recipe (countless nights of batch tasting) and polishing our look. At the end of the day […]

On Friday we said goodbye to our dear friend and fellow brewer Troy Bash (Yes, that’s his last name…AMAZING). No, he didn’t die but after his 8 month stint in Atlanta (as some sort of “project manager”) he is now being shipped off to Detroit Michigan. Rumor has it he can actually see […]

Today was a great day. Skiing in the morning, Japanese food for dinner, and Onsens with beer in the evening. Onsens (next to lots of cool electronics and cars) are one of the greatest inventions of the Japanese. They’re essentially volcanically fed hot springs that are usually up in the mountainous regions […]

As Jonathan has previously mentioned I’m currently in Japan visiting family. Apart from receiving a minor concussion every day as I walk through the doors and forget to duck (door frames are about 5′9″, I’m 6′2″…It hurts) the visit has been quite spectacular.
One very interesting phenomenon is vending machines. They sell just about […]