Just rolled into Denver and was met by two old friends.

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A pic from last night’s soiree at the 2012 Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala with some of my fellow managers from Hearth & Terroir. And yes, that is a black bear behind us standing on his hind legs, fangs and claws bared.  Thankfully, we weren’t harmed, but I did hear the bear was spotted loitering around […]

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Mark your calendars, people. Rally the homebrew club.  Cancel your weekend gambling trip to Macao.  Request the day off from work…hell, request two days off from work.  Cause it’s about to be ON. Four days from now, it’s time to stand up for the craft beer cause.  Time to declare your independence from the mass-produced […]

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Stoked to hear, hot off the presses of the Beard Foundations Twitter account, that my boss/colleague/compatriot/rebel-rouser/mentor/fearless maniac, Paul Grieco, just won the 2012 James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional. This is awesome, well-deserved news for me and all the other glorious misfits that call Hearth & Terroir home.  Well done, Paul. […]

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On the wall of Stinky Bklyn, the deliciously olfactory-overpowering cheese and beer shop in Cobble Hill.

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Recipe to remember you’re alive and the world is a vast, beautiful place: -Oskar Blues, Dales Pale Ale, Colorado -Six Point, The Crisp Lager, New York -Lamb Sudzuk Sausage -Halal Beef Sudzuk Sausage -Kefalograviera Cheese -Almond-Stuffed Olives

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One year ago today, Kat and I donned backpacks and boarded a plane to Paris.   What followed was a 93-day journey which wound us through Europe, with only wine and beer as our compass.  8 countries, 34 hotels, 9 rental cars…and 3 years of dreaming.  Like ants in a newly-begun ant farm, we forged our […]

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At 1:00 pm, with the wee lad strapped in and the diaper bag filled with the tools of the trade, we left the house.  We vowed that no amount of shitstorms or wet-nappy assaults would knock us off our journey, and we jumped on the M60 bus in Astoria to make our way to 125th street in […]

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Don’t mess with that pool shark over there.  Yep, the one with the baby strapped to her chest.  She’ll clean your clock.

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Russian River Brewing Company, Temptation (American Wild Ale/Sour aged in French Chardonnay Barrels), Russian River Brewing Company, Consecration (American Wild Ale/Sour aged in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels with Currants added) and Uinta Brewing, Hop Notch IPA. (Salt Lake City, UT) (Thanks, Dave Gleason, for making the cross-country trek with these; the settlers on the Oregon Trail […]

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The Bruery Trade Winds Tripel & Breckenridge Vanilla Porter

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  I’d like to officially welcome these fine specimens into my collection.

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Riesling Spätlese Feinherb, Leiwener Laurentiuslay, St Urbans-Hof, 2008. Happy Holidays, everyone.

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After months of being on allocation, six bottles of Cantillon Fou’ Foune finally arrived today at Hearth.  I might as well just stash them deep in the recesses of the beer room under the East Village for my own personal sipping.  Maybe, just maybe, I’ll decide to let them see the light of day and […]

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