Summer worthy Craft Beer is all about the session. Something you can drink all afternoon while lazing by the water. Poolside or on the beach near the crashing waves; the choice is yours. Much like what you pour into your glass to keep cool and hydrated. While the […]
Compass Box Whisky Co was founded in 2000. Prior to the start of new millenium, while the rest of the world was spending massive amounts of time and money preparing for what would turn out to be a “non-disaster”, John Glaser, founder of Compass Box, was spending his […]
After a couple of days in a row that got dangerously close to 90 degrees, on the night of this tasting, the temps took a small dip into the 70s, with evening temps going down into the high 40s. In other words, it was the perfect night for […]
A long while ago, G-LO received some boozemail. While he works the corners of the whisky world like … well, like someone working a street corner, he is able to score samples from time to time. Fortunately, he shares his samples and passed along this bottle from Single […]
Once again, G-LO darkened my doorstep with another request that I “split a beer”. Not one to be a bad neighbor, I begrudgingly (ok, so maybe not so begrudgingly) obliged. This bottle was the 2015 Stout X – Coffee from Boulevard Brewing’s Smokestack Series. Boulevard has been a favorite […]
In a recent Esquire magazine interview, astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson said the following when asked about a National Academy of Science award that he received for his teaching efforts: “You’re lecturing me” is never a compliment. So I realize that’s not what I should be doing if I […]
This past weekend, the urchins and I took my better half out for a bit of a pre-birthday celebration to Tir Na Nog, the latest Irish Pub to open in Cherry Hill. Its location has been a death knell to most of the occupants as this is now […]
It’s been an interesting late Winter / early Spring at the G-LO residence. On March 13, our long overdue kitchen renovation started, which of course means that we’ve been eating nothing but take-out for the past 6 weeks. I adore pizza, burgers, cheesesteaks and Chik-Fil-A as much as […]
Chapter 1 – The Package It was an unusually cold April evening. G-LO decided to work a bit later than usual. The wife and kids were out of town. The office…a veritable ghost town thanks to Spring Break, Passover, and Easter falling on the same week. If ever […]
Our relationship with Anderson Valley has been a rocky one. Over the past five years, we’ve reviewed eight of their beers, and our feelings about each of them has ranged from fair to middling. The beers haven’t been bad, but they haven’t been very memorable either. Meh all around is how […]
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