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

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

Election Night Beers, featuring Rasputin!

By Greg B. With election night upon us, I decided to look around what I had for beer and managed to pull together a rather hodge-podge showing of beers.  But to celebrate the voting, I chilled my bottle of Rasputin, figuring this was a good enough occasion to pop the top.  What a beer this is!  I really recommend you all try it if you can find a bottle, but I’ll go into that later. Read more

Vanilla Oak Stout Recipe

By Greg B. Here is my recipe for a Vanilla Oak Stout.  I few years ago I made an Oak-Whiskey Imperial stout which was excellent, and then after trying the Founders Kentucky breakfast bourbon stout, a stout aged in bourbon-oak barrels for a year with a vanilla bean, I decided to make something similar, especially since that beer was by far one of the most amazing beers I have ever drank!  So here is my recipe for those of you who want to know how to make it.  For everyone else who is just plain interested in beer, I will try to explain things to educate everyone and hopefully convince you that you too can brew your own beers! Read more