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Oh You Damn Beer Snobs!

Why don’t we just get off our high horses and drink good old American beer? As a beer dork, I don’t mind being called a “pompous ass-hat” for the mere fact of voicing my opinion about the craptacity of industrial light lager. I actually enjoy it, since it means I’m doing my job of pissing people off. What I don’t like is when folks defending their preference for (or job marketing) shitty macro beer feel the need to attack craft beer drinkers and promoters as snobby elitists or pompous … by Eddie Glick—published July 23, 2010 full article »  (1 comment)

You Call It Shandy, I Call It Radler

There’s nothing more refreshing on a hot Midwest summer day than one of these beer and lemonade concoctions. Summer is really upon us, it being past the Fourth of July and all. And for those unfamiliar with a typical Midwest summer day, let me describe one: hot, humid, and mosquito-y. Sure, there are stretches of a few days here and there that are not too hot, nice and dry, and breezy enough to keep the flying bloodsuckers away. But it seems that the majority of days are so damn muggy that even … by Eddie Glick—published July 6, 2010 full article »  (11 comments)

A Successful Week

A chance encounter in an out of the way watering hole made American Craft Beer Week immensely rewarding. So it happened because of strange travel predicaments and automobile issues that on the penultimate night of American Craft Beer Week—Saturday, wherein people not in the service or pastoral industries are able to cut loose for an evening—I found myself in a very nice but very rural tavern without, shall we say, a stellar beer list.

The only non-macro beer this bar had on the menu was a relatively common craft brew in the state, … by Eddie Glick—published June 14, 2010 full article »  (1 comment)

Overheard

If you keep your ears open and your eyes shut, you can hear a lot of beer knowledge … or lack thereof. The following are true conversations I’ve overheard or participated in.

Crawford Lake Inn, in Michigan is the scene, with a large dinner party on the deck overlooking a lake.

A man in a moustache is working on another Heineken Light, when a younger man in a college t-shirt starts talking to him, while drinking a PBR.

College dude: “Here … try one if you’ve never had it.”

Moustache: “Yeah, I’ve never had a PBR before.”

Moustache takes a cold … by Rings —published June 1, 2010 full article »  (2 comments)

It’s A Celebration

No excuses: go out to your local brewery this week and raise a toast with (and to) craft beer. This week (May 17-23) is American Craft Beer Week, a celebration of “small and independent craft brewers” (because we need to make sure Boston Beer Co., Sierra Nevada Brewing, and New Belgium Brewing get some love despite their size). This week has become a pretty big deal. Even Congress is thinking about maybe getting off their lazy butts and talking about perhaps contemplating a possible discussion of passing a proposed resolution “Supporting the goals … by Eddie Glick—published May 17, 2010 full article »  (1 comment)

How The Hell Old Is Beer, Anyway?

You hear a lot of numbers getting thrown around about beer’s year of origin, but which one’s correct? My dad, Slick, likes to needle me. Don’t know why. He should be thrilled to have his adult (very adult) son living/lurking in his basement 24/7, shouldn’t he? Although he’s been a beer drinker his entire life—rarely drinking wine, and only for quasi-religious reasons—he likes to talk up wine to me while denigrating beer, knowing full well about my beer obsession. The latest was a declaration that he “heard over the radio” that wine … by Eddie Glick—published May 10, 2010 full article »  (3 comments)

What’s On Tap?

The answer to that question is only getting better and better. I know, the last time I threw a rant up here, it was about craft brews in frosted glasses …which is a mild pet peeve, but really not a big deal.

I find it funny also that servers will respond to my title question by listing “Bud, Bud Light, Miller Lite …” and so on, before getting to the one local and one import handle. Ugh. As if nearly every place with a license in … by Rings —published April 29, 2010 full article »  (3 comments)

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