Archive for April, 2008
Miller Lite is NOT the best light lager
Miller Lite has spent a great deal of money telling you, the consumer, how important it is to win the Beer World Cup. I would agree with this. The winners of the Cup can confidently say their beer is the best in the world. There’s just one problem: Miller didn’t win this year! Miller was [...]
Celebrate Earth Day with a beer
Today is Earth Day, a day to consider how our lives impact the environment. While we should all make more of an effort to be more green every day of the year, this is the day on which it’s almost compulsory. It’s kind of like Christmas or Easter for christians—they know they should go to [...]
2008 World Beer Cup winners announced
The Brewers Association holds the World Beer Cup every 2 years and took place this year in San Diego on April 15 & 16. Winners, which for the first time ever included a woman, get the right to say they brew the best beer in the world. This year, 644 breweries from 58 countries and [...]
Is home brewing legal in your state?
A man in Alabama recently got in trouble for home brewing beer. You see, home brewing is illegal in Bama. This guy was trying to raise awareness of this lunacy in order to get the law changed and made some enemies in the process. Isn’t also illegal to sell sex toys in Alabama? Why the [...]
Beer 101: What is porter?
Originating in the United Kingdom, porter is a beer made with deeply-roasted malts which gives it a dark color. It was a blend of three styles: an old or stale ale, a new ale, and a weak ale. It was aged in barrels and was sometimes referred to as an “Entire Butt” which means entire [...]
Tasting my first home brew
If you have been following my inaugural foray into home brewing, you know that I was trying to spend as little money as possible while keeping the process as idiot-proof as possible. After tasting the fruits of my labor, I have to say that having better equipment probably would have resulted in a better end [...]



