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Traditionally, with February, comes my Valentines column. This column typically features my wife and her journey into the world of better beers. This year I have a huge revelation, my wife really doesn’t care that much about beer. That leaves me without my muse for this column. I could write about other things I love... my family, my kids, I...

Superbowl time is here again. Superbowl XL. That is a joke of a name. Superbowl Extra Large? Get ready for bigger mistakes by the refs, bigger tantrums by the players, and most noticeably, bigger player egos. Not the winning players but the morons on the losing team that will ultimately point in every direction in the locker room seeking...

Kenny Barron is to Jazz piano what Michael Jordan was and is to Basketball. This is a man that was hired by Dizzy Gillespie sight unseen going on reputation alone. Dizzy, Ron Carter, and Freddie Hubbard have all seen the massive impact that this talent has brought to their recordings and live shows. I caught Kenny as he was touring...

When I opened my eyes that Saturday morning in Denver, I could heard the Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt” resonate in my head. Not the original by Trent Resnor, but the mournful country cover as performed by Johnny Cash. I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real My head was ringing; I...

We were somewhere around Denver, on the edge of The Rockies, when the beers began to take hold. I remember saying something like my palette is scorched, maybe we should have a Pilsner Suddenly there was a terrible roar around us and the sky was full of what looked like beach balls, all bouncing and rolling all over the...

The NFL is a paradox. Their commercials depict iron men grimacing with the sole intent of letting us know how tough and mean the players are, and quarterbacks asking if we are "tough enough" to play their position. So with all this testosterone running wild what happens during the 2005 Opening Kickoff? The NFL gives us a delusional henpecked...

“You say you want a revolution. Well, you know. We all want to change the world. You tell me that it's evolution. Well, you know. We all want to change the world.” -The BeatlesJim Koch, the man behind Boston Beer Company, not only started a revolution but he has and continues to change the world of beer, his surroundings,...

Every so often a movie makes us take a step back and question our direction and purpose in life. The documentary American Beer by director Paul Kermizian is one of those movies that not only makes us question ourselves but provides us with the answers to mysteries such as “where the hell can I get my hands on some...

I headed out his morning to pickup a twelve pack of beer and a couple of bags of grass. Even up here in cold climate New Hampshire grass isn’t that hard to come by. After some debate and with the desired product in hand, Carl Spackler’s voice instantly popped in my head. "This is a hybrid. This is a cross...

As a child I remember a golden liquid that sparkled as sunlight penetrated the glass that housed it. This amber ambrosia, as I would later come to know it, held a certain magical quality in my home. It could make people laugh or dry tears on sad occasions. Children were not to touch it and women folk would shake...