Goodness, this is a fast moving world, whether you are biting news off in 140-character chunks or something longer. In the time between when I collected and read rss feeds (last Friday) and could post some thoughts (today, Monday) most of what I might have added to the conversation about the Twitter Taste Live featuring [...]

There will be no “Where in the beer world?” this week. I want to share this photo taken Saturday along the Anhinga Trail in Everglades National Park, but not to imply in any way that somebody has been sneaking beers to the alligators. Still, don’t these guys just have that “happy hour” look?  

I broadcast a link to this via Twitter when I saw its on Friday because I think Ron Pattinson’s “Fantasy beer history: Gose” post is a) important and b) quite interesting reading. I’m a fan of Four Peaks Brewing but he’s right to call out their description/history of Gose as “total rubbish.” It’s not only [...]

Do you think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Please leave your answer as a comment. I hauled this one out because Chris B. and Rick were so quick to nail last week’s picture of the Hop Kiln Winery in California. And that’s what you get for a hint. It’s [...]

How’s this for having fun? Brewery Ommegang in New York’s specialty beer releases include a 6.2% abv draft only release just in time for Barack Obama’s inauguration. A company press release explains it will be called Inauguration Ale because . . . “The TTB won’t let us call the beer Obamagang on the keg label. [...]

It’s Monday, so muse on this link from Parade magazine. Two bits of drink related information in the same story: – The birth of the Corona-and-lime ritual. Did this trend really become a trend because a bartender wanted to see if he could start a trend? – Oom-pah-pah, ein Deutsche bier, bitte. From the story: [...]

Well I used to run from the past But the world got to spinnin’ so fast I run from the future now I run as fast as I can Tryin’ to be a simple man I just want to slow down.                - Chris Knight Best recording of 2008? I spoke too soon. When Sean Lilly [...]

Beerme (Mike) at Beer and Firkins has posted the roundup for The Session #23, a round of looking back and forward. And February host David Turley has picked what some of us would consider a romantic theme for #24: “A Tripel for Two.” If you have a beer or beer-related blog, it’s easy to participate [...]

Do you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Leave your answer as a comment. And, as always, you are free to comment on the photo even if you don’t have an answer. Sorry, no clue this week. Every clue I tried and then plugged into Google yielded the location way to [...]

This is my contribution to The Session #23. Visit Beer and Firkins for the roundup of what dozens of bloggers had to write. The question: What will you miss about 2008 and what do you expect will excite you most in 2009? Let’s start with the second part of the assignment. a) I don’t have [...]