By Greg B. It feels good to be getting out and running again.  This week I’m going to focus on more running, and by next weekend phase in some swimming.  And with this increased activity …

By Greg B.  We haven’t posted any wine posts in a while, so when I was at the Wine Source looking for beers to pair well with kebab (I failed, I couldn’t find the beers …

By Greg B. Some beers defy styles, while others define them.  The Shlenkerla smokebeers (Rauchbier = Smokebeer) essentially define the smokebeer style.  Since the dawn of beer making, maltsters have needed to be skilled at …

By Greg B.  I like going on little food adventures, whether this means cooking up a cut of meat I’ve never eaten before, buying random fruits or vegetables from H-mart, wondering if I need to …

By Greg B. Left to my own devices, I’ll make some pretty simple food.  If I can use only a single frying pan in the whole process, that’s great!  And this Christmas season, I treated …

By Greg B. There are some nights when all you want to do is head down to your favorite watering hole and just hang out, have a few beers and just chill.  Well, this past …

By Greg B.  Split pea soup is one of those comfort foods that I think people don’t like as kids, but as we grow up and mature we develop a taste for.  When you’re young, …

By Greg B. Given how delicious the 2 Turtle Doves beer was, from The Bruery, I was excited to try some more of their beers!  I saw a bottle of the Black Orchard which sounded …

By Greg B.  So it’s a cold, early December night, and I’m on a beer-related mission.  A friend of mine from graduate school wants to purchase a few good beers for a relative for Christmas, …

By Greg B. Sometimes, as a homebrew, you come across humbling beers.  Either a beer that challenges you to brew it, or dares you to try to brew that style or perhaps just opens up …