The Spirit World

We’ll be getting back to beer mixology soon, but I had a couple of updates from recent beery wanderings that I want to share with you. So for the next two weeks I’m going to take you to a particular corner on Broadway in Fells Point, Baltimore, Maryland.
I had the good fortune of making […]

Before a week ago I had never heard of a Cider Cup. Denise and I were trolling through our drinks library to find some interesting looking beer cocktail recipes when we saw this really great picture of this glowing, sparkling orange colored drink with a lime peal twisting through it; the glass itself was […]

I wanted to make some comments before getting to the main point of today’s Brewsday post. You’ll remember from last week (I hope) that I have developed an interest in mixing beer with other beverages. My determination to explore this mixological territory was redoubled when I opened up a cocktail book a few […]

The beer purists out there might scoff at the idea of adulterating a pilsener or a pale ale with a shot of liqueur or a few ounces of fruit juice. You remember my post about the controversy over putting a slice of lemon on the edge of a glass filled with hefeweizen? If […]

The first installment of Brewsday was published on December 20th, 2005; which means that this is my fifty-second Brewsday post. This completion of a full year of Brewsdays prompted me to take a look at that inaugural installment where I peered into the crystal ball to predict what I would be writing about. […]

In a previous post I contrasted the English Pub with the American Bar. I said that I actually preferred the idealized “English Pub” because there is a non-zero probability that it will be quiet enough to have a conversation. Sitting down with a pint is, after all, about the talking.
Beer is a social drink. It’s […]

I like to drink with the seasons. When winter comes that means I get thirsty for darker, stronger beers. Last month I told you about darker beers: stouts and porters. This month I’ve decided to tell you about stronger beers, specifically a style of beer called barleywine.
A barleywine is not (as the […]

This week I’m going to wrap up my little series on the Pubs of London. So far I’ve reviewed The White Horse at Parsons Green, The Market Porter near London Bridge, and last week, The Churchill Arms in Kensington. Of course I’ve visited more pubs than this while in London. For all […]

If you are going on holiday to London, England, no matter where you stay there will be a pub close to you. That’s good news for beer enthusiasts who want to step out their door and grab a quick pint. However, if you can arrange to stay in Kensington, then you’ll be within a few […]

A few months ago I brewed a beer with a friend of mine that was an approximation (recreation) of the sort of beer that Benjamin Franklin might have drank back in his day. The beer was loosely based on the Poor Richard’s recipe by Tony Simmons (see my previous article here on The Spirit World). […]