Most beer drinkers I know wouldn’t be caught dead with a fruity beer with pumpkin-y spices. Most of the time that’s me, too. However, every October I need to get my pumpkin on; call it my weird obsession with Halloween.
If I wanted to try out a new beer, I could always head out to the local (and awesome) Julio’s Liquors and spend hours trying to decide what that new something will be. But sometimes the easiest place to find a new kind of beer is at someone else’s house. And who do doesn’t love […]
So I’m at by brother Eric’s place this past weekend for a party. Like everyone else in my family, he humors my beer snobbery by stocking decent beers like Sam Adams. Occasionally, though, he underestimates my thirst and, wouldn’t you know it, that supply he bought three months ago is gone! Now what the hell […]
I’ve already mentioned before that I used to be a Parrothead. For those who don’t know, that’s dork talk for “fan of Jimmy Buffett.” During that time, I remember Buffett had a relationship with Barton Beers Ltd. (or, more specifically, Corona Beer). He was very vocal about the beer and even sang a commercial for […]
There was a time when Mount Wachusett was nearly visible from out my apartment window, if I peeked out the top-right corner of the bathroom window while standing on the toilet, and only when the trees shed their leaves for the winter, on a cloudless day. So, when I hoist a bottle of the ol’ […]
