I bought a six pack of the now hotly debated “is it craft, is it junk?” beverage Not Your Father’s Root Beer by a place called Small Town Brewery back in June. I’d heard of it only just a few days prior and didn’t even know if it was common […]
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BnL Podcast EP 016: The Magic Tap Line that Comes from Heaven
“HOOOOLLYYY SHIT! It’s been a while since we’ve done a podcast!” – Pete It’s true though. And now we’re back at it. To celebrate the occasion, we invited our friends Ryan from Focus on the Beer and Tristan from Porchdrinking.com to help test out our new show. We get into […]
My First Infographic: How Many Fucks do I Give About Beer Acquisitions?
In light of the AB-InBev making an offer that SABMiller actually would bite on, I decided to take a quick look back over the acquisitions and other equity firm deals that have gone on over the past few years. Really, most of the action has been in the past 18 […]
Beer n’ Loathing in Durango: Ska’s Anniversary Party
I was standing on a bike trail in pitch black dark. The rear tire of my borrowed bike was (I assumed) shredded. Just moments before, a commemorative pint glass or two fell out the bag I was carrying over my shoulder, shattered on the asphalt and interacted with the tubeless […]
BnL en Route to Durango: Beautiful Chaos
Here I am. Driving by myself once again. This time the journey is about 330 miles and roughly six hours. I’m several hours outside Denver and just finished a quick pit stop at Elevation Brewing Company for a burrito and a brew. I’m barreling down two lane highways seeing a […]
I’m not going to GABF and I’m OK with it. I think.
It’s a Sunday evening. I’ve spent most of the day doing food related chores. Grocery shopping. Making beef and broccoli in a crockpot. Prepping for my first-ever attempt to make my own beef jerky. All this is being done sober to boot. I know, I know. How can this be […]
Songs in the Key of Beer and Pizza
Pizza. Beer. These two things combined are frequently cited in people’s “The only thing better than pizza and beer is (insert something cool)” statements. I don’t disagree and would go as far as to say putting these things in a single location with live music and you have yourself something […]
How to Get a Bartender’s Attention in a Crowd
Imagine with me, it’s Friday. You’ve been at work for 10 hours and your boss was riding your ass for 9.75 of those hours. The only relief you had that day was the 15 minutes you got to spend crying in the bathroom stall. Quitting time finally arrives and you […]
BnL in Denver: A Buzz Cloaked in the Dark of Night
The night is like poetry. Smooth, connected and alluring in its simplicity. I’m biking back to my apartment from downtown Denver. Specifically, the Star Bar, or, Bad Decision Central as I refer to it. I can only sum up tonight as a night my mom would be proud of. Moderation […]
BnL in Louisville: The Search for Chamber Beers
We were driving with a purpose, but still not really getting anywhere. I was looking at my phone screen. Really concentrating on the blue dot that was us, and why the location I was looking for on that map wasn’t where it said it was in real life. Fucking technology, […]
Colorado Craft Beer Week 2015
Featuring Photography by Peter Strobridge Colorado Craft Beer Week fell on March 21-28 this year. The celebration is just another one of the countless week long celebrations of craft beer where special tappings, releases and general Yippie-kye-aye type shit runs rampant across the city/state/nation the aforementioned holiday applies to. Ninkasi […]
BnL in Estes Park: Ghosts, Dicks and Murder by Death
For those who have seen “The Shining,” you probably know the iconic final scene with Jack Nicholson frozen solid. A beautiful, cinematic psycho-cicle. Stephen King’s classic horror novel was brought to life beautifully in a hotel located in the pacific northwest. The actual hotel that inspired his novel, on the […]
Sports and Beer
Sports and beer together can create a magical land wherever you are standing. Long ago when I was just a wee lad before I was allowed to imbibe, I noticed my mom yelling obscenities at the big ass console TV during games of all kinds. Oddities like “Tackle that son […]
Pouring Beer in Thundersnow and Lightning
If someone by chance actually follows along with this blog, I try to make a point of saying how much I love pouring at beer festivals. We’re coming up on nearly a year from one that was pretty extreme, and after finding the draft, I had to doctor it up […]
Shots and Booty Bass?
We were having a nice little meeting a few weeks back. Things were getting done and ideas were flowing, then Pete decided it was time to throw a wrench in the gears. Unsatisfied with his Stella Artois, he decided to throw back a shot. This alternative medication works by blocking […]