Celebrating the Art and Craft of Beer
The beers featured in the Lazy Dog Beer Club kit are brewed exclusively for the club by local breweries across the country. Lazy Dog, a national brand, is elevating and putting a spotlight on smaller operations – and when massive businesses elevate and uplift small businesses, a huge round of applause is needed.
Well, Dear Readers, it's been awhile. Our last post was October 2024. Between then and now, a lot has happened. Which could be an understatement.
Enigmatic Taxa is my new favorite beer. It "contains multitudes" (Whitman) How does Jester King do it? That's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma (Churchill).
All things must pass. Solstices support the shift point where you release, forgive and reset. Anchor Christmas Ale is done. Long live its successors!
Old Friends, New Discoveries in Maine Up until fairly recently, the only Maine breweries I'd sampled and enjoyed were Allagash Brewing and Maine Beer Company. A recent visit to Southern Maine as part of a biennial pilgrimage to visit friends and family in New England gave me the chance not only to get re-acquainted with … Continue reading Craft Beer on Vacation – Part 4
Craft Beer on Vacation Part Two: Boston and the Three Ts -- Trillium, Tree House, and True North
Whenever I travel, I try to find craft beer brewed by independent brewers in the places I visit. In Part 1 of a multi-part series, we sip a few cold ones in Connecticut.
Chauncey engages in a meditation on a particular snifter of beer and discovers once again that the world is a weird, wonderful, and thoroughly beautiful place...
A new year, with some new beer - that's something worth raising a glass to! The holiday season has ended, the new year's been rung in, and Punxsutawney Phil has seen his shadow. So, as we ride out this chilly wait for spring to arrive, I thought this would be the perfect time to review … Continue reading Hip, Hops, Hooray! 3 Cheers for My Top 3 Beers of 2023 (So Far)
I look forward to the ales available at this time of year -- dark, roasty, full of earthy flavors that the hazys of summer wouldn't give a second thought. In this post we feature just a few of the most worthy ales you can find this holiday season.
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