Commentist Beer Barrel: Hans, Solo

makeitsnowondem - December 20, 2015

My beer biases are, by now, probably pretty clear to any regular reader of the Beer Barrel. I won't deny them, and I certainly won't apologize for them. I love big beers. I love barleywines, imperial stouts, double IPAs, anything with a double-digit ABV and a whole lot of flavor.

Commentist Beer Barrel: Barrels and Barrels of Barrels

makeitsnowondem - December 12, 2015

Beer, as most of you know, is really good. Another thing that many of you also know is that liquor is also good. But as with many pairs of things that are good individually (ice cream and hot sauce! sex and skiing!), combining the two can be dicey. Maybe you pour

Commentist Beer Barrel: Winter Is Yummy

Commentist Beer Barrel

makeitsnowondem - November 28, 2015

Winter is the best season for drinking, as everyone knows. In the winter, whether you favor wine, spirits, or beer, you can drink any of the things you normally like to drink, which by default makes it no worse than any other season. But! On top of that, you'll spend

Commentist Beer Barrel: Dogfish Did It

makeitsnowondem - November 21, 2015

Yesterday, I walked into a bar, sat down, and ordered a beer seasoned with chocolate, basil, and lobster. It's important to me that I record this event so that if either I or the American craft beer industry as a whole are ever charged with a serious crime, we will each

Commentist Beer Barrel: Iced, Bro

DFOing Good

makeitsnowondem - November 15, 2015November 15, 2015

For the first week of the year here in Austin, it's cool enough that lady snow and I don't have to worry about turning on the air conditioning, which is one of my favorite things to happen every year. It'll be at least a couple more weeks before I have

Kommenter Beer Table: America’s Ale

makeitsnowondem - October 17, 2015October 17, 2015

I think the first time I had a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, I was in Wrigleyville. That was, anyway, the first time I had more than one Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I wasn't new to good beer at the time; I was just back from a semester in Europe and keen

Kommenter Beer Barrel: A Flying F-ck At The Moon

OH WE GON DRANK

makeitsnowondem - October 10, 2015

It's funny, when you think about it: German brewing culture, in some form or other, has dominated the mainstream American beer landscape for, what, a century or so? German immigrants brought lager to America in the 1830s and 40s, and by 1857, lager beers were outselling the previously dominant English-derived

In Which We Rank The Best Food And Alcohol Pairing Combos

All the worst things in life for you always taste the best.

The Maestro - September 6, 2015

We did it! We survived! College football is back! The NFL preseason is over! It was a long, hot summer, but football is here, and like you, I can’t wait to get fat and wasted sitting in front of my TV for hours on end this fall. As such, besides