Man, it feels nice to have my Christmas shopping done early for once. With the baby being a big, late-December question mark, my wife and I had everything bought and wrapped weeks ago. In fact, I was done so early that I almost forgot to post my annual gift guide. So, in the spirit [...]

Okay, let’s see if I can get this one wrapped up tonight. After enjoying Redhook’s Down Under Stout with a couple friends, we opened a bottle of Ninkasi’s Imperiale Stout that had been sitting in my refrigerator for much too long. Sampling these two beers back-to-back was a great way to appreciate just how [...]

As I have mentioned in my last few posts, the pregnant-ness of my wife has really cut into my drinking. And while I am enjoying the slimming waistline, I am once again experiencing the problem of having too much beer. It has filled the beer fridge. It has staked claim to a shelf in [...]