Short’s Black Cherry Porter

So Brian and I haven’t been the most diligent about blogging lately, something I’ve been meaning to remedy. What better way to get things rolling again is with a beer from Short’s Brewing. Joe Short is a guy not much older than us who makes incredible beers and seems to love trying new things. Here [...]

Super Grover

A friend shared this on facebook today. It appears that they have a new design for Super Grover. What do you think of Super Grover 2.0? Also: am I the only one who thinks that Elmo is Grover’s younger, mentally handicapped cousin?

New Holland

Last weekend I took a trip out to Holland, Michigan. I wanted to get away from town for the afternoon. Holland is only about an hour and a half drive, so its not too far to head out there for a short trip. I get to go see the Lake (Lake Michigan, that is), and [...]

Beer in St Louis

So I’m in St Lois MO on vacation, visiting with some family, just catching up since we don’t get to spend a lot of time together. Its not like any of us live here, or close to it. Far from it. But it was relatively central location (between Indiana, Ohio, Memphis TN, and Minnesota), and [...]

Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA

A friend with some really great beers that we can’t get in Michigan gave me a can of this a little while ago. He had never had Alpha King from Three Floyds, so I passed one of those onto him. Was it a fair trade? The can popped with almost no carbonation. It felt strange [...]