I don’t know about you, but when I walk into a new watering hole to kick back and enjoy a few cold ones, I quickly peruse the room and look for three things: 1) Where is the bathroom? (When I have to go, I have to go. Ask anyone who […]
Tag: craft beer
Beer n’ Loathing at the Great American Beer Festival
I stood in the middle of what could only be described as a fire hazard. Hundreds of people shuffled around me, while thousands more milled and writhed within the several thousand acre space we had been confined to. All 13,000 of us had to have thanked our lucky stars that […]
BnL Podcast Episode 5
Beards? Yes, beards. In our fifth episode, we get our good friend Alex Dunn on the phone to celebrate Cinco de Podcasto and discuss the facial fuzz that’s so prominent in the beer world today. We learn about beard competitions, braiding, grooming and the role beer plays in all of […]
Beer n’ Loathing in Denver: Tour de Fat
Photography by Peter Storbridge I stood in the hot Colorado sun, surrounded by thousands of costumed people, as a young woman on stage divorced her car and married a bicycle. I wasn’t on drugs, I wasn’t hammered and I certainly wasn’t dreaming. This was real life in the middle of […]
Colorado Breweries: Left Hand Brewing Co.
I live in an apartment within the city limits of Denver. Fresh hops are about as close to my mind as horseback riding in the nude when I’m putting together a brew recipe. In fact, I’ve never had the opportunity to even get my hands on fresh-grown hops until very […]
Beer n’ Loathing is now on iTunes
Hungover from a righteous Sunday Funday? Here’s some good news: the BnL Podcast is now available in iTunes! No need to think about it anymore. Let iTunes do the downloading and you just sit back and listen. Here’s a link directly to our page in the iTunes store: Generally speaking, […]
BnL Podcast Episode 3
Check this shit out, dicknoses! The latest and greatest BnL podcast episode is ready for your listening pleasure. We nosh on some Left Hand and New Holland brews while our guest, Sarah Hautamaki of Left Hand Brewing, pops in at 11:25. She schools us on Texas, beer festivals, Left Hand’s upcoming […]
BnL Podcast Episode 2
We’re back with another episode of our podcast! Pete and Sam taste some spic(ed)y beers and generally make awesome segues non-stop while Sam learns he might have a speech impediment and Pete sits in a pool of his own sweat and semen. This episode’s guest host is our good friend, and […]
BnL Podcast Episode 1
It’s here! Our very (mostly) first podcast is ready for your listening pleasure. In this episode, Pete and I discuss beer distribution and tons of other random shit our brains come up with. Our special guest co-host this episode is our friend Michael Biddick and he weighs in to slap us […]
Beer n’ Loathing in New Mexico
An Experience in Albuquerque This place smells like a fucking hobo’s mouth. That was all I could think standing in line in the worst liquor store in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Last year, I was on business for about 4 days in Albuquerque and absolutely loved it. I would recommend it […]
Beer n’ Loathing in Denver: The Flying Dog Brewery tour
Author: Samuel Sly Location: Denver I was sitting in the middle of I-70 traffic, had inched one tenth of a mile over the course of 20 minutes and was now at a standstill. My teeth: sore from clenching. My knuckles: white from an iron-clad grip on the steering wheel. My […]
Cheap Beer and Failure: The Rocket Fuel of Dreams
Author: Samuel Sly Not many people know this is actually the second coming of BnL. The website is about journeys – beer soaked journeys. The voyage of how we arrived at this point is a beer soaked tale that never really gets discussed because it involves a bit of failure. […]
Stop Being an Asshole, and the Bubble May Not Pop
Author: Samuel Sly A developing palette can be as awkward as being the last guy sprouting pubes in middle school. Like jerks pointing and laughing in the shower room, elitist drinkers make others feel inadequate about their knowledge simply by talking down to people and making beer seem like an […]
Rocking Beer Festivals – The Epic Beer Festival
I thought I knew how to rock a beer festival up until a few weeks ago. My confidence was shattered when I poured at a beer festival and wound up falling off my bike 10 times and shredding my elbows. I recently went for redemption at the Epic Beer Festival’s […]
Swimming with Left Handed Fishes at Lake Dillon
I woke up with a pug’s butthole in my face Sunday morning. Luckily, I knew exactly where I was even though I wasn’t positive how I got there. Animal ass in your face tends to make you take a moral and physical inventory, or at least it should, and I […]