The Spirit World

Up here in the Pacific Northwest, the bitter chill of winter is giving us one final jab in the side as it exits the building. This brought to mind one of the few Tequila drinks in my repertoire. It’s not that there aren’t a lot of tequila drinks out there, just that for some reason […]

One of the fun things about Spring Training is getting to eat and drink our way around Phoenix, or more specifically Scottsdale, as that’s the area we tend to gravitate towards. We have our favorite places but also try to branch out each year when we come down. This year we found a […]

The James Joyce Irish Pub in Baltimore, Maryland was just around the corner from the hotel I stayed in this last week. It being the closest pub, it was technically my “local” for a week and I did stop in several times late in the day for a pint of Good Guinness. The […]

If hope you were able to find yourself a Murphy’s Stout so that you can be sipping on it while you read this post. I just poured myself an imperial pint of it to help me write. Delicious.
Historically, Murphy’s Stout (4% ABV) was brewed by the Murphy Brewery which (as I learned form […]

Another weekend, another holiday – and this is such a drinking holiday! So I’m actually going to throw you a bit of a fastball. (She says as she makes her way to Phoenix to catch a few Spring Training games – baseball is on her mind!) Instead of recommending a cocktail I’m […]

In the days leading up to St Paddy’s Day we shouldn’t forget the Irish Reds. Not to be confused with Red Ale or American Amber Ale—one of my favorite everyday beer styles—these American amber colored ales in general tend to be easy to drink, hoppy, and thirst quenching. The darker grains impart a […]

Check out this article for a selection of green “Irish” drinks from some local Seattle restaurants. (Hint: Creme de Menthe plays a major role…)

St Patrick’s Day is the one day each year that all of us get to be Irish and wear green. It’s also the holiday most closely associated with beer—well, Irish beer at least. Or, beer with green food coloring.
A few years back I was in the Rock Bottom Brewery in Seattle on St […]

It was in 1942 that Joseph Sheridan first created what has become known as the “Irish Coffee”. This classic drink started off simply enough, having been created at the Foynes Airbase near Limerick as a way to provide a warm beverage to the cold and weary travelers. As the story goes, one such traveler who […]

Boskeun is de Dolle’s Spring Seasonal. We’re a little early, but as warm as it has been on Long Island, I feel like it’s Spring already. So I’m opening this bottle up.
The pressure inside this bottle almost blew the bottle opener out of my hand when I popped it. Get a pair […]