The Spirit World

Last night I was at a restaurant with my wife and, as is typical for a writer, I was eavesdropping on the people at the next table. One of the guys next to us asked for a Black and Tan. The waiter holding up his notebook, looked seriously at the young man and asked, “Is […]

Last summer when I was visiting Seattle and Tacoma (and a number of brew pubs in between), I picked up a book by home brew guru Charlie Papazian entitled Microbrewed Adventures. The book is a loose and episodic beery autobiography of one of homebrewing’s most enthusiastic proponents.
About a hundred pages in is a story about […]

Last week we walked out of Max’s after a college football game and spied Bertha’s (734 South Broadway, 410-327-5795) directly across the street. I decided that Bertha’s warranted an exploratory trip. So the next evening I met a friend at The Horse You Came In On Saloon (1626 Thames Street, 410-327-8111) for a […]

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. […]

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 […]