Beer Soup
Saké Anyone?
Posted November 29, 2011 0 Comments | Post a Comment
We think we have a lot of breweries in this country today, but there were some 4,000 in the late 19th century. Think that’s a lot? Around the same time, Japan had roughly 30,000! Of course, they were saké breweries. Read More…
Gifting & Regifting Beer
Posted November 22, 2011 0 Comments | Post a Comment
Christmas tree lots are already sprouting up. Black Friday is almost nigh. Read More…
Come-Whats?
Posted November 18, 2011 0 Comments | Post a Comment
My grandfather was a rancher and had some of the orange trees that once grew in Orange County, where he wouldn’t know what to make of its current urban sprawl. Read More…
Revisionist Thirsty
Posted November 10, 2011 0 Comments | Post a Comment
In moving a bunch of stuff here at home, I happened upon a stack of old wall calendars, the kind people used to tack to their wall before the advent of the PDA, iCal, and what-have-you. For giggles, I flipped to today’s date, the year 1989. I almost wish I hadn’t. Read More…
Smoked Cider?
Posted November 7, 2011 0 Comments | Post a Comment
Usually meeting your maker isn’t a good thing, unless he or she is making cider. The other night at the Green Dragon brewpub in Portland, Jeff Smith from Bushwhacker Cider took over some of Green Dragon’s 40+ guest taps for a Meet the Cidermaker event. There was one fermented apple concoction I had to taste above the others. Read More…
