This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. Trivia is pending. My annual excursion into pop culture minutiae and sleep-deprived revelry, primarily grounded in a reunion of my oldest and dearest friends, is a mere ten days away as I type this out. For the first time in fifteen years, I am not making arrangement to cross multiple states in order to get to the camp my team calls its temporary home. The muscle memory of my soul is thusly all … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: Pisgah Valdez

This series of posts is dedicated to the many, many six packs, pony kegs and pints that have sauntered into my life at one point or another. I like beer. That should be clear by now. If there’s a beverage that I prefer, it’s coffee. It stands to reason, then, that beers that incorporate coffee into their flavor profile would make me giddy as a barfly with an unlimited tab that never requires payment. An approach to beer once put forward as a sitcom gimmick is now common enough that an article ranking a couple dozen of the best is far from … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: Schlafly Coffee Stout

As I believe I’ve lamented in this space, I not-so-recently departed the Tar Heel State, more specifically Beer City U.S.A. That meant leaving behind a bounty of frosty favorites, most of which barely travel beyond the borders of their home state, much less journey as far north as I have. I’ve also acknowledged that I have the fresh blessing of constant discovery, finding the abundance of excellent beers that were nonexistent or maybe the merest inklings some fifteen years ago, when I last resided in the state of Wisconsin, and have since become near standards in local watering holes. In … Continue reading Beers I Have Known: Central Waters Brewing Co. Mudpuppy Porter