For some reason I was in the mood for a barleywine this evening. I’d never had the Avery Brewing Co.’s attempt at the barleywine and to be honest I had heard nothing about this particular beer. I just knew that some of the Avery stuff I’ve had in the past was amazing [...]

So this weekend my girlfriend Jo and I went out to Detroit. We needed some time away from Lansing, and decided that a beer trip would be in order. We were looking into a tour at New Holland, but their brewery is closed for upgrades, so we started looking at the other side of the [...]

So, there has been wonderful happening in my life this week, which I will disclose at a later date.  As such, the wife and I have decided to celebrate.  I headed down to our local market to go grab some wine, but as it happens, Colasanti’s closes at 7 pm.  I got pwn3d’d.  However, there [...]

Alas, weather has prevented me from going to the premier D&D, MTG, SoC, etc party of the year (Dork & Fork 2009 AKA John Krohn’s b-day).  As such, on my way home, I picked up beer and wine for my wife and I.  While I was looking for something delightful to drink this evening, I [...]

I wish I had a cool story about how I scaled a 14′er in Colorado and at the summit I was greeted by the Dalai Lama, Vishnu, Buddha, Jesus, and the pope and we all sat down and put a few back and talked about life, but alas my story is not that cool.  I [...]