The Spirit World

Fuller’s Vintage Ale makes is making its brief annual appearance. Fuller’s lovers should be aware!
Because Vintage Ale is 90 percent pre-sold on allocation, only a limited number will be available in retail stores throughout the holiday season.
“Using the best ingredients from each year makes Vintage Ale a truly complex and immense beer and, being bottle […]

To signal Oktoberfest and craft beer in the US, the folks at Food and Wine magazine have put together a list of fifteen recipes that are the perfect complement to a glass of beer.  Everything from a Beer-Battered Cod with Tartar Sauce and a Flatiron Steak Salad to a Jamiacan Jerk Chicken and a Barbecued Beef […]

The folks at Bon Appetit magazine have put together their “top picks” for what they’re drinking this month.  Agree?  Disagree?  Discuss.
- Brooklyn Brewery “Local 1″ Ale.  Golden, hoppy and honeyed, this ale is brewed in the Belgian style.- Cape Mentelle 2006 Sauvignon Blanc Semillion, Margaret River, Australia.  Vibrant acidity and zesty citrus notes make this […]

The folks at Michelob are trying out something a little different, at least for the rest of the summer anyway.  For guys who are looking for something a little fruitier, but still want to be holding onto something manly in front of their posse, Michelob has the answer … Ultra Fruit Infused Beers, for when a […]

For about a year now I’ve been working on a Long Island Beer Guide. I decided to include all things related to beer in this Guide: pubs, brewpubs, breweries, restaurants and beer stores. Since starting the Guide I’ve seen many different approaches to selling beer. During this same time period I’ve traveled to a dozen […]

I just walked in the door. I’m back from a fun filled weekend in Boston where I had to explain that living in New York doesn’t automatically make you a New Yorker (evidently there is some rivalry between New York and Boston concerning some sports teams).
The easiest way to get a beer in Boston is […]

Over in Europe a bunch of bloggers are in the middle of a surprise parcel exchange - Euro Blogging By Post.
Each participant sends off a parcel of food and, in return, receives one from a mystery sender. My parcel arrived yesterday from Andreaa in Brussels, who writes on the food blog On Food and Wine. […]

Out of Penn you can catch the Local 1 (sound familiar? actually the Express train works just as well, but it lacks the beer reference, for now) down to Christopher Street and Sheridan Square. From there its only a couple of blocks to The Blind Tiger (281 Bleecker, New York, NY, 212-462-4682). Just walk down […]

One of my other jobs is being the editor of the Long Island Beer Guide which means that I have to drive around and find the greatest places on Long Island to have a beer and write about it.
On a recent trip out to New Suffolk I discovered this place called Legends that had a […]

I just got back from a week in Houston Texas. This is not the place you want to be during American Craft Beer Week — the one week during the year when beer geeks all over the US flock to their local breweries and brewpubs to collect points for the Great American Beer Tour. My […]