Commentist Beer Barrel: Cocktail Hour

makeitsnowondem - August 1, 2016August 1, 2016

If there's any one trend in beer that I've been especially hesitant to adopt, it's the beer cocktail. When I want a beer, I just want a beer, not two or more beers mixed together. I want to drink the thing that a brewery carefully crafted, put its heart ans soul

Commentist Beer Barrel: The Spoils of Victory

makeitsnowondem - January 30, 2016January 30, 2016

It's been a pretty good football season for me. I got to watch my Broncos play the sort of defense that every football fan gets frustrated at his team for not playing. I got to watch them bring the world another Patriots Schadenfreude Day. And next weekend, there's a solid chance

Commentist Beer Barrel: Yes We Can

makeitsnowondem - January 24, 2016

Austin is a great, great place to be a beer nerd, with roughly two dozen breweries and a wide variety of beer from all across the country on the shelves. When I first moved back to Austin eight years ago, though, the landscape looked very different. Preposterous licensing fees and nonsensical

Kommenter Beer Barrel: It’s Chili Outside

Kommenter Beer Barrel

makeitsnowondem - November 1, 2015

I won't take up too much of your time today, folks. I know we've all got football to watch. I've loved spicy food for a long time. I don't believe that this is something that makes me special or unique, but it is true. I don't really even know a lot about