Rye Ale Soft Pretzels
A while back, over the holidays I was in Florida visiting my family and found myself in a rare situation: I had free time and there was no long to-do list ready to eat it up. I had been meaning to try my hand at making soft pretzels with beer …
Golden Road Brewing Pub Grand Opening: Canland is Officially Open For Business
A little over a month ago I found myself rushing to wrap up a homebrew day so I could make it over to the sneak peak of Golden Road Brewing’s pub. They had been offering up growler fills for a while out of the pub, but on 12/17/11 they announced …
Swamp Head Brewery: A Trip to the Wetlands
Back in September of last year I found myself heading to my college town of Gainesville, FL for work and took full advantage of the situation to check out the new brewery that had arrived since my departure over 3 years ago – Swamp Head Brewery. I was excited to …
New Belgium 1554 Ale Ice Cream w/Brownies & Coconut
I was delighted when I got an ice cream maker for Christmas this year and could not wait to bust it open and make my first batch of beer ice cream. My brain has been hard at work for months dreaming up a variety of beer ice creams, but the …
Homebrew Tip: Shipping Pallet Cleaning Station
Homebrewing means cleaning. Lots and lots of cleaning. I’m an all-grain brewer, so most of my equipment is quite large, which means I do all that cleaning outside. I was finding it quite annoying as the ground would get wet, mud would be created and it would be impossible to …
Pints & Bites at Golden Road Brewing
Yesterday was a very beer focused day for me. I started my day by turning the above beautiful grain into what I hope will be an equally beautiful holiday beer, then rushed to clean up and race across town to get to Golden Road Brewing before they closed. As any …
Places I Like to Drink: Russian River Brewing Brewpub
For the past 3 years I’ve been packing up my entire kitchen and heading up to San Francisco to celebrate Thanksgiving with one of my best friends. The day always ends up being a blur filled with lots of cooking in a cramped kitchen, copious amounts of booze, way too …
Good Beer. Good Cheer.
I was looking through photos on my phone last night and found this one. I don’t remember where or when I took it, but I do remember it made me happy.