Food and Drink

I assembled this post while watching the BCS championship game last night. I was using my laptop, so I didn't have my normal assortment of beer bookmarks. I was reduced to surfing naked (sorry, no pics) The results weren't bad: Beer News Dot Org [http://beernews.

Sundry Drinking Items I head out to the Drinking Club this afternoon for college bowl games, manly conversation, and beer. It won't be the same without my father, but I'm still looking forward to it. I won't be running a Brews You Can Use

Tip This Season to be Jolly Looking for a unique idea for your Christmas gathering? Buy a couple of cases of different Christmas beers. You can find lists all over the Internet, like this one [http://beer.about.com/od/beerrecommendations/tp/10WinterBeers.htm], though with names like "Samichlaus&

Something for Saturday Morning I've always been susceptible to hangovers. My father never minded if I drank, but if I was too hungover the next day to do my job, I'd have to pay the devil. This article [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_

What Do You Call It? "Thanksgiving Eve." "Black Wednesday." "Biggest Drinking Night of the Year." And now, "Humpsgiving." That's what Foran's Irish Pub in downtown Detroit calls this evening [http://detroit.metromix.com/bars-and-clubs/event/humpsgiving-downtown-detroit/1619365/content]

In Praise of Oil A baseball fan who doesn't like home runs. A hockey fan who doesn't like a cross-check. A man who doesn't like Clint Eastwood. That's how I feel about Guinness beer. I hate it. The first time I tried

Snobby Drinking Nerds Are you a wine snob? Or maybe just insufferably nerdy? Then check out these "must-read" wine blogs that Forbes has assembled [http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/23/wine-blogs-best-lifestyle-wine-vaynerchuk.html?partner=relatedstoriesbox] . I can't say that "brands, regions, grape varieties or vintages&

Cheers My favorite TV show of all time: Cheers. Seinfeld also contends for the top spot, but I think I give the nod to Cheers (I thought The Office would give both of them a run, but it has quickly grown old and politically-correct). Cheers, of course, was set in

Mild Climate and Good Beer I've never had a hankering to move to a warm weather area. I'm a Spring and Fall guy: 65 degrees and sunny, that's me. The only warm climate city that has ever appealed to me is San Diego. For

A Guy's Dream Good-lookin', drinks beer, and knows her place: A Muslim model has been sentenced to six cane strokes for drinking a beer [http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,653578,00.html]. Her actions were pretty insidious: > The young women in the hotel