Crap, it’s Monday.  Hey, but wait…it’s Belgian Beer Blowout Ballzout Bonanza Night!  Hot damn!

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I hereby decree, henceforth, from this day forward, Monday night is now known as Belgian Beer Blowout Ballzout Bonanza Night.

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We traveled from all parts of the tri-state area; in sporadic clumps, we trickled into New Jersey Beer Company like seafarers in need of a warm pub.  Brew York #4 was about to go down in the history books. BrewYork is a collective of beer bloggers, homebrewers and professional brewers whose mission is to promote […]

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Gouden Carolus Tripel, Brouwerij Het Anker, Belgium (9% abv) A wolf in sheep’s clothing…yep, that about sums it up. Belgian Tripels are deceptively smooth and ridiculously drinkable; watch out, though, cause they’ll knock you on your ass lickety-split.  Granted, you’ll have a big smile on your face, but on your ass, you will be knocked. […]

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Oude Geuze (lambic), Drie Fonteinen, Belgium   (6.5% abv)   Last night, one of my co-workers asked me what my favorite beer on our list is.   I was paralyzed.  Whoa, choose one?  But these are my babies and they’re all unique in their own way!  How could I possibly zero it down to one?  I felt like […]

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I was flattered yesterday to receive a wee bit of press on Eater.com for all my beer geeking & drinking.  Aren’t you proud of me, Mom? Here’s a link to the piece by Greg Morabito which details my current sudsy work at Hearth Restaurant and the two Terroir wine bars:  “Hearth’s Resident Beer Geek, David […]

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The jealousy has finally subsided.     After a few weeks of dark, introspective depression and nursing myself with chicken soup to ease my wounded soul, I can finally write about the Great American Beer Festival.  I wasn’t there.     This simple fact, alone, is one that I was reminded of again and again via Facebook status updates, […]

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NY Craft Beer Week is afoot, gumshoes. Lurking in every alleyway, creeping around each corner and looking to take you over like a bedbug does your sheets.   It’s off and running.  Officially beginning last Friday, you’ve got seven days left to attack the streets with a penchant for hops and malt, a hunger for conviviality […]

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My first feature article for New York Cork Report came out today. I was originally asked by Lenn Thompson, my editor, who I’d like to write about in the NYC beer scene–I chose Kelso of Brooklyn.  I’d heard the tales of brewmaster Kelly Taylor; what a great guy he was, how he made the beer […]

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“Don’t do it, man.  It’s not worth it”. The advice was succinct and deadening to my soul.  Enough to take the wind out of anyone’s sails.  But we decided to push on. Last month, the idea hit my wife and I to trick out our Saison homebrew recipe and do something a little different, something […]

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I had a roommate who loved car bombs.  Let’s call him “Patty”. It started as something he would do at bars, but quickly became a habit he brought home.  Nearly every night of the week for months, Patty was shooting them off in our apartment. He’d pour some Bailey’s in a shot glass, top with […]

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This morning I awoke in Seattle to a foggy morning filled with expectations.  Mount Rainier was on our minds as my brother and I prepared for our camping excursion to get lost in her charms. After a requisite trip to the REI castle here, we hit up Bottleworks, the local craft beer store where we […]

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“Epic”: very imposing or impressive; surpassing the ordinary (especially in size or scale); “an epic voyage”; “of heroic proportions” This past Friday night, we embarked on an epic voyage.  Like brave conquistadors in search of the riches of the world, our ragtag faction of BrewYorker’s (a group of NY-based homebrewers, probrewers, beer bloggers and all-around […]

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Dearest readers, I am stoked to share some exciting news with you.  In addition to my vinous, brewish and libatious duties here at Grapes & Grains, I am pleased to announce that I will be expanding my reach further into the realm of the blogosphere… I have been invited to join the staff of the New […]

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