Food and Drink

Okay, these guys are off my list of acceptable brewers: Carlsberg's announcement that it has found customers for its $400 a 375ml bottle of a new beer known as Vintage No 1 [http://www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=741]. Four hundred bucks for a bottle of beer ("

It's St. Brigid's feast day [http://allsaintsbrookline.org/celtic/saints/brigid.html]. She liked her beer [http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/patron_saints.shtml]: > Probably the best known Irish saint after Patrick is Saint Brigid (b. 457, d. 525). Known as "the Mary

Brews for Friday. It's been a brutal week. I'm typing this at 6:20. I'll attend Mass sober at 8:30, but after that, all bets are off. Like most Fridays, I'm working out of my house today, which typically means I

Possibly the greatest prank call ever. I suspect many of you have heard it, but for those who haven't: __________ I find this a little bit disappointing: Coors Brewing Company has nurtured Blue Moon Belgian White Ale into a hot seller through below-the-radar marketing efforts [http://www.brewblog.com/

I'm not terribly enthusiastic about drinking news this week. Not only am I still worn out from the holidays (goodness, it's taking a long time to rebound), but I'm about as inclined to indulge myself right now as an anorexic is inclined to eat

Ten unexpected uses for beer [http://www.gomestic.com/Homeowners/10-Unexpected-Uses-for-Beer.61788]. The list is a bit disturbing and irreverent of the beer gods, but it's interesting. Don't use real beer for any of these things. I recommend Budweiser. __________ I don't know how I

A neat assortment of beer pictures [http://beerblog.genx40.com/a/christmasphoto] . The blogger says they're Christmas beer pictures, but the scope doesn't seem quite that narrow. __________ Conviviality's last stand. People may be bowling alone, but they're drinking together: The American Homebrewers

They're [http://centerstage.net/bars/articles/thanksgiving-bars-and-clubs.html] beginning to call it "Black Wednesday [http://www.onmilwaukee.com/bars/articles/blackwed.html]," the biggest drinking night of the year, Thanksgiving Eve. The kids are home from college, the adults have four days off work. I'

Most of my morning was spent on the queer issue, so now I have little time for the really important stuff. Just two things: 1. A friend gave me a copy of Imbibe magazine. It's pretty good. Something for everyone: beer-drinkers, women, even the apple martini crowd. Link