The Beers of Max’s Dart Room

By Greg B. It was a cold Saturday night, and there are few places I’d rather go than the old standby, Max’s on Broadway.  Knowing that one of our favorite bartenders was working the backroom (see Courtney, if you read the blog you can see how famous you are!), we dropped in and went about sampling the majority of the beers on tap. Read more

Rare & Obscure Beer Night at Max’s

By Greg B. It was the Thursday night back in Baltimore after my DC excursion, and I expected a nice relaxing evening.  I was going to try my Peanut Butter Porter beer and that was it, but after surfing the web, I discovered that Max’s had a Rare & Obscure beer night, with a very interesting lineup.  Not wanting to out out, but also acknowledging that some of these beers sounded quite interesting, I wandered out to the bar to check out what was on tap. Read more

Day 6: The Final Day in Washington DC

By Greg B. Well, the final day in Washington DC for the neuroscience conference was upon us.  Packing up from the hotel and dreading the fact that we would need to drag our luggage around the conference or stash it somewhere was an annoying factor, not to mention the day of posters, followed by the commute back home as an anticipated future burden.  Fortunately, however, Old Dominion came to the rescue. Read more

Day 4: Chinatown, RFD, Busboys & Poets, Saint-ex and Brickskeller

By Greg B. For lunch today, we ate at the Szechuan House (748 6th st NW Washington DC).  Minimal food to order from at first, though if you want there is a menu you can order from.  We opted to eat the lunch species, which were rather cheap (plate o’ food and a drink, $6).  Not bad Chinese, not amazing either, but a good quick meal.  Later on though, after yet another long day of science lectures, posters, meetings and chatting about grant money, post-doctoral research and various elements of methodology of research, I needed a beer.  So, I took a stroll with Gabi down to R.F.D., a bar I had seen while in China town that had a ton of beer taps in the window on display. Read more

Mother’s Milk IPA

By Greg B.  With a friend of mine’s PhD graduation this fall, I decided to brew a special beer in honor of the occasion. Her personality is a little bitter at times, but definitely overflowing with energy and sometimes she can be very sweet.  Thinking about the style of beer that best suited her, I could only naturally come to the conclusion that an IPA was in order, one that was a bit heavy on the malty side.  And so, I set out to craft a beer. (note:  I decided to give her the original, and only, recipe for this beer.  So this recipe is for the next, upgraded IPA I’d make, with some changes) Read more