May you find peace, Dre. If you return, great, but if not I hope you put any unrest behind you.

Chocolate Stout-Ft. Collins Brewing Caution: this brew does not contain chocolate. But, the black and chocolate malts make up for the lack of coffee or chocolate quite nicely with darkly roasted tastes and aromas of the same with mild bitterness. IBU about 32 according to the scales on which they p...

Somersault Ale-New Belgium Brewing This was another trader from my long-lost drug rep buddy. I am not sure I have ever seen this before this summer and hesitated buying a 6er as I am still trying to finish off the brews Lavabe brought almost 2 months ago. Fortunately, there was a single in my 6er l...

vinegar---a county fair staple

Good timing. I am just about to sit down to a dinner of venison stir fry. Rooster sauce will be a prime part of this meal. I love hot sauces and rooster sauce is one of my favorites for just about everything including soups and stir fry. Used it on mac n cheese last night. Man, was that good. :twoce...

Fish Tale Organic Amber Ale-Fish Brewing New brew from my drug rep. Think Fat Tire again with a bit or earthiness and more of a whole wheat toast taste instead of a lightly baked croissant. IBU about 30 and an ABV about 5%. Good with sammiches, burgers or mild sausages off the grill I think Fat Tir...

We are on the border between 14 inches of snow or a couple inches of freezing rain. I will take the snow any time. Ice leads to power outages.

I question two 1) I have never had it, but Key Lime Pie?--and I really like key lime pie--the real kind that is. 2) The 312 is a great session beer, but top 25?? I have not even had opportunity to savor most of these beers, but by description most seem as if they would be very good. The above two le...

Draft Mag's top 25 beers---some very good beer in here, but IMO a couple of very questionable picks.

http://draftmag.com/features/drafts-top ... -the-year/

Guinness Foreign Extra Stout--Overseas version of Guinness Extra Stout that they have just started distributing in the US. Pours a somewhat thin looking brownish-black. Big roasted malt taste up front with hints of coffee and chocolate. A bit of a cola taste. Some mild hoppiness in the finish. I ha...

A city I would like to visit--Portland, Maine, another--Portland , Oregon. Another,for some unknown reasons, would be Little Rock. San Fran--one of if not the best city I have ever been to, and I have been to London. Only my opinion, but London is over priced and over rated. I would much rather go t...

Boise, Idaho Starkville, Mississippi Bangor, Maine Note: I don't really want to go to these places, but doing so would cross off three states I have yet to see. Bangor? I hardly know her! Okay, but seriously, I get what you mean. I've been to a ton of places, but for whatever reason, I've never bee...

Mountain Sun is on Pearl Street a block or so off the the pedestrian mall. I had a great BLT and enjoyed the Rasp. Wheat with the meal. It was very hot out and the beer quenched my thirst. The Colorado Kind Ale I had for dessert was very hoppy and a brew I would buy even though I am not a confirmed ...

August 28th, Louisville Zoo: Brew at the Zoo. Will be there. If possible, get a list of the breweries before you go and determine which ones you would really like to try. That ensures that you get to sample the beer you're most looking forward to before you destroy your tastebuds and get drunk. My ...

I read the question after marking the poll. Good red meat needs little besides salt/pepper.

A long day. After this week ends very near by tornados, I decided to unwind with a long bike ride. Following the ride I stopped at my local beer market and picked up a sixer of Star Island Single by Smuttynose. Sat out on the deck and grilled chicken and drank beer. They bill the beer on the label a...

So what kind of machine should I buy if I wish to become a more polished coffee drinker? Do the ones that are all purpose (grind beans and then brew into a thermal pot) come in compact sizes? Is the price less than my last automobile? Any suggestions?

What an exciting five seconds in overtime. I've always said, "if you can not slaughter them, make it close and break their hearts".

Thank you all. If I had the mixings, I would have had a coffee flavored beer float. A nice chocolate brew with coffee flavored ice cream. Hmm, maybe next week end.

Come on now, does whole bean coffee you grind yourself really taste better than that which is previously ground? I guess I need to try it for myself somehow to see if its worth the trouble.