Posted in Beer on Jul 28th, 2011
Darth Budweiser: “If he could be turned, he would be a powerful ally”. Now that I’ve returned from drinking my way through the vineyards and breweries of Europe, I am back in the role of ‘beer buyer’ for a restaurant group (currently with three locations, soon to be four). In fact, its one of my […]
Posted in Wine on Jul 25th, 2011
Tonight, I finally caught up on my Tour de France 2011 footage. Watching Cadel Evans fly by the Arc De Triomphe on the way to becoming the first Australian to win the Tour was a moving sight. (It was further enhanced by a couple of German friends left over from the Summer of Riesling concert: […]
Posted in Wine on Jul 24th, 2011
I was saddened to read that powerhouse Australian winery, Mollydooker, lost over $1,000,000 worth of their 2010 Velvet Glove Shiraz. And in a forklift accident, no less (462 cases fell 20 feet while being loaded onto a ship). Australian fine wine needs all the help it can get and this bonehead move isn’t helping the […]
Posted in Beer on Jul 22nd, 2011
We didn’t bring many souvenirs back from our foray into Europe. When you’re mostly on foot and with only a backpack, you ain’t gonna be one of those beer geeks that load up on a bounty of beer and check it as cargo. But we did bring a few things back. One of them was […]
Posted in Beer on Jul 19th, 2011
As we made our way to Belgium, I asked the geekiest of my beer geek friends what breweries to visit. There was a resounding answer: “Cantillon.” In fact, one of my friends said, “If you don’t go to Cantillon, I will personally kick you in the nuts.” In the heart of Brussels, lies Cantillon brewery. […]
Posted in NYC Events on Jul 14th, 2011
His gaze tightened, his cheek twitched as a surge of energy shot through his body. In a moment, he was off. Through the side door of our dining room, farmer and sustainable agriculture guru, Bev Eggleston, charged like a bull out of the gate in Pamplona. A man had stolen a pig leg out of […]
Posted in Beer on Jul 9th, 2011
This pic speaks for itself
Posted in Beer on Jul 6th, 2011
There’s more to love in Belgium than the beer…
Posted in Beer on Jul 4th, 2011
You can now find all sorts of canned microbrew throughout the United States. For drinkers of the good juice, this is good news. I first wrote about this trend two years ago (The Great Can vs Bottle Debate), but when I opened the cooler at my brother-in-law’s Fourth of July bash this weekend to find […]
Posted in Beer on Jul 1st, 2011
It’s damn nice to have American microbrew in my glass again.
