The Spirit World

Editor’s Note: Donavan isn’t as behind on his tasting or writing up his notes as you might guess from the timing of this post. Blame it on the editor, who managed to overlook this post for way too long…
I’ve been following the “Here’s to Beer” campaign. My recommendation for Anheuser-Busch was to […]

As we continue with our thoughts of Spring, what is one of the things that come to mind? Beautiful blue sky! And lots of it.
The original version of this cocktail was created by Kathy Casey for a function at the Woodland Park Zoo. Mahali is one of the giraffes at […]

The week before St Patrick’s Day I went down to Baltimore to do some regional beer exploration. To help plan my trip I used an online service called BeerMapping.com. The Baltimore beer map shows four brewpubs in the downtown area. My goal: to visit all of them. And I nearly succeeded; […]

One of the things I love about living in the Pacific Northwest is that if you don’t like the weather, just wait a few moments and check again. Today, the sky is blue, the sun is out, and I can almost hear summer knocking at the door. One of the drinks that I think embodies […]

I guess Food and Wine magazine was right when, in their January 2006 issue, they declared this to be the year of the cocktail. I might even say it’s the year of spirits. I’m not quite sure if it’s my own personal observations since I started writing for this blog or if there […]

Another place M and I checked out while in Scottsdale was a little place called Furio. We had tried to visit in past years but it was always too crowded. They sit off the main Old Town street and a bit south of most of the action so not as many people drop […]

I hope you enjoyed St. Patrick’s day as much as we did! In our young family, we are always low key. No bar hopping, no drinking at all actually (that ensures no hangover the next day, something that you do NOT want around an early rising toddler) BUT, we do a whole lot […]

This week in the Northern Hemisphere Spring came to our lives. Of course that means that in the Southern Hemisphere, it is now Autumn. I wanted this week’s Happy Hour at Home to celebrate both the coming of longer days up North and to help hold onto the warmth of summer in the […]

Editor’s Note: Rosanne is experiencing some technical difficulties this week so Sal is stepping in to cover “Drinks Around the World“. Rosanne will return next week.
Here in Spain, Absinthe (aka, “Absenta”) is both legal and widely-available.
So to all you college-aged men reading this from the US, let me say just one thing: […]

Part of being a Beer World explorer is having a local beer shop that brings at least part of the Beer World to you. The beer aisle in your grocery store (unless it’s a really special grocery store) probably won’t cut it. I’ve only found one grocery store in the US that has […]