Eric Scheske

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Brews You Can Use

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

Brews You Can Use

This ongoing craze escaped my notice: pumpkin beer craze [http://www.kansascity.com/food/story/338950.html]. > Although the colonists, including President George Washington, made pumpkin beer, the seasonal brew essentially disappeared from brewers' repertoire. It wasn't until 1986 that Bill Owens, owner of Buffalo Bill&

Tornado and Brews

I crashed early last night, around 8:45, and zonked out. At 9:30, the town's tornado siren (which can also serve as a nuclear attack siren and 5:00 drinking time notice), went off. I helped bundle the three smallest downstairs, while yelling to the two middles

Brews You Can Use

My monthly column is up at The Register and it's about beer: What's Brewing in the Blogosphere? [http://ncregister.com/site/article/6289/] Subscription required. Excerpt: > Most every well-read Christian has heard of the Inklings, the literary group that counted J.R.R. Tolkien and

Brews You Can Use

Gorgeous evening at the drinking club. It was my first trip in over a month, work and kid obligations having kept me distracted from drinking chores. After 90 minutes there, I came home, opened a microbrew, and sat on the front porch with Marie and listened to a new Diana

Brews You Can Use

Drink one on the 30th in memory of Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter [http://michaeljacksonthebeerhunter.blogspot.com/]. It's also a fundraiser, with proceeds going to the National Parkinson Foundation. I can't advise anybody to send money to NPF without knowing its position on fetal stem cells

Brews You Can Use

Not much today. I'm a little behind the time eight-ball because I took my wife to see Hairspray [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809751355/info] last night. I recommend it, though it's definitely more for yins. My local theater [http://strand4.com/] recently raised its ticket

Brews You Can Use

The WSJ devoted an entire online article (with 2-minute video documentary) to the rise of beer pong [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118834341517511527.html?mod=hpp_us_editors_picks] . I've always loved drinking games, but this one has never appealed to me. I guess I'm getting

Brews You Can Use

Not much today. I'm off work and hope to get some serious writing done . . . in addition to going to Mass, attending tonight's high school football opener with my football-wild sons, helping with my daughter's birthday party (she became a teenager yesterday; she hasn'

Brews You Can Use

Now you're just taking all the fun out of beer: 1st International Brewers Symposium Hop Flavor and Aroma [http://www.mbaa.com/ibs/program.htm]. __________ Pretty neat site: Here's to Beer [http://herestobeer.com/]. You have to input your age (prove you're over 21)