Kommenter Beer Barrel: Beer Pumpkinization / Open Thread

This week, I discuss the annual influx of pumpkin beers, and when is early too early?  Away we go to the land of STRONG BEER TAEKS. #upforwhatever, except decent beer, I guess The summer is ending, kids across the nation are returning to school, football is returning (Woo hoo!), and, of course, pumpkin-flavored

Kommenter Beer Barrel: Great Divide Yeti

Since it is the middle of summer and everyone loves refreshing, lighter beers, let's discuss some motherfucking imperial stout.  Also, since it is a sloooooowwww news day, I am posting this early.  Away we go to the land of STRONG BEER TAEKS.   NAME: Yeti Imperial Stout SOURCE: Great Divide Brewing Company, Denver, Colorado (Just east

Kommenter Beer Barrel: Coffeebeernerdness

I don't really drink coffee. I'll have a cup if someone offers, but having been diagnosed with ADHD at a young age, I am by this point kind of over stimulants in general. My meds worked, but they killed my appetite and my creativity and frequently my sleep, and in

Familiarity Breeds Contempt, Because We’re Idiots: A Beer Review

Remember the first beer you ever had? Great. No, shut up, I don't care, we're moving on. Remember the first time you ever realized beer could be awesome, and not just a liquid designed to get alcohol into your bloodstream inefficiently enough that you could drink for a few hours before

Kommenter Beer Barrel: By the waterside, I will rest my bones . . .

I am going to see the still-living members of the Grateful Dead* (I'm the worst, I know) with Trey Anastasio (even more terrible), the guitarist from Phish (just stop), for the next 1.5 weeks, starting tonight in San Francisco and ending next weekend in Chicago, with a recreational stop in Wisconsin (eat shit, Packers!)