Respect Beer

For a long time my favorite beer website, other than my pink site, has been a site called BeerAdvocate.com. Founded by beer loving brothers Jason & Todd Alstrom, Beer Advocate features beer news, education, information on beer styles, beer events and reviews on literally hundreds of beers.
With the motto “Respect Beer,” you’ll understand why I [...]

Ales vs. Lagers

Simply put, all beer can be divided into two categories: ales and lagers. Obviously there are subcategories of different “styles” of beer for each category. “Beer” is a beautiful yet generic term which covers all categories of this delicious malt beverage. So, what then is the difference between ales and lagers? The difference is mainly [...]

Beer Myth #1

Since I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve been even more sensitive to what beers women order, how they order them and what that tells me about what they understand about beer. Every day I realize just how very much this blog is needed. Every day I’ll get, oh I’d say, 8 million women who ask [...]

The Beers of Summer

Ah…Summer. I love summer. I heart summer. I dig summer. Especially because each summer there are a few releases of summer beers that you can’t get any other time of the year. These seasonal beers are somehow able to convey some flavor or aroma of summer that coppertone previously had the market on. And what [...]

Turn Away from the Lite

And the mass beer marketers of this great land watered down their beer and said, “Let there be light beer;” and there was light beer. And the mass beer marketers tasted the light beer: And it was bad. Really really bad. But, the mass beer market spin doctors saw a “Lite” [...]

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2″ in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that [...]

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2″ in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that [...]

A philosophy professor stood before his class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with rocks, rocks about 2″ in diameter.
He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that [...]