So would you pair Palo Santo Marron (shortened to Palo Santo for the rest of this post), the latest release from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, with popcorn? Probably not, but it is tempting simply because the beer comes with a movie. Dogfish Head has enclosed “Take Time” with the first 10,000 four-packs of Palo Santo [...]

Until robots take over our tasting world we’re left to consider how to communicate the aromas and flavors we experience with beer. A review of “Perfumes: The Guide” in the current New Yorker magazine makes that point. The words and the references are really useful only to people who have had the same experiences and [...]

The Washington Post reports a Japanese consortium hasy released a Health and Food Advice Robot that can distinguish among 30 kinds of wine, as well as various cheeses and breads, and “has the irritating capacity to warn its owner against poor eating habits.” The expert taster sat silently in the brightly lighted room, surrounded by [...]

Following up on the notion put forth last week by Ron Jeffries about “beer moments” and echoed by Andrew Mason take a look at Lew Bryson’s post about “discovering” Orval. This particular Orval was just five weeks past bottling (at the monastery pictured to the right). Given that Orval undergoes refermentation in the bottle it [...]

Chris O’Brien has the complete round up for Session #13, and the turnout was impressive. A lot of different beers, showing us just how deep the interest for organic beers runs, matched by good-to-read commentary about beer, brewing green and sustainability. Despite all that plenty of outstanding beers didn’t get mentioned, which must mean something. [...]

And what I failed to mention yesterday about Green Lakes Organic Ale is that it poured with a billowing head that left elegant lacing on the sides of the glass. That certainly added to an impression the beer was fresh and alive. I thought of this yesterday evening while I was reading “Grape vs. Grain,” [...]

Don’t know how many of you frequent growers’ markets, so a quick description of how buying sweet corn works around here. Quite often vendors will have the top of ears pealed back. This is so you can see how much damage the ear worm has done. When we get home we lop the portion the [...]

This might not go over well in Belgium. I pick Belgium because that is notoriously the land of non-styles, and although the Brewers Association does not define any additional styles in the 2008 Beer Style Guidelines there are 11 new categories. Before getting to the list, a few words from Carl Kins, a Belgian beer [...]

Amazon is ready to start selling wine in the US, according to the Financial Times. The company is looking to recruit a senior wine buyer, who would be responsible for “the acquisition of a massive new product selection” for its site. According to Decanter, a UK-based wine publication, Amazon will work in partnership with wine.com. [...]

“Brew” Blog yesterday asked: “Why do People Drink Imports?” The blog and a related monthly magazine (download it at no charge) are from Miller Brewing, and Miller recently conducted research to understand why people pick up the imports they choose. A lot to look at but here are a few bullet points suggesting how people [...]