Sep 10, 2015
It’s September, I can’t believe it. As a kid, the belief I held was that each season got three months. Winter equaled Christmas, New Year, and the –uary months, when there was any chance of snow. Spring was March, April and May, flowers, bunnies and such. Summer...
Aug 12, 2015
One of the original microbrewers in this country, Sierra Nevada, makes a tasty little summer lager that can be your perfect beach or lawnmower beer. Sierra Nevada makes solid-to-great beer, but they mostly stick to ale. Further, they tend to stick with...
Aug 5, 2015
I have had several beer revelations in my lifetime. I guess revelation number one would have been tasting the great imported beers of Europe. Bass, Guinness, Spaten: wow, flavor! Throw in Sam Adams and Pete’s Wicked too. My next beer revelation was the introduction to...
Aug 5, 2015
I drank a lot of soda in my youth. I mean a lot. My soda of choice was Dr. Pepper, but Cheerwine, Cherry Coke, and some of the yellow fizzy ones that are now promoted as mild stimulant beverages. However, on a family trip one summer, I happened upon some mysterious...
Jul 9, 2015
Last weekend was Independence Day, one of America’s great holidays, when we celebrate our freedom as a country. So, it would seem odd that I select a lager for this article, a beer that originally came from Germany, instead of an ale, which was made by the English....
