The California World Affairs Council has a wonderful lecture by Tom Standage, Technology Editor for The Economist and author of A history of the World in Six Glasses. His overview of his book seperates history into six eras, dictated by types of drink. It’s available here (mp3 or real audio). Good stuff [...]
Further justification that purchasing beer you can’t pronounce is a good idea! Alyssa and I randomly stopped at a swanky grocery store on the way back from SFSU today. The place had a decent beer selection, so I picked up a few bottles.
I’ve had good experience with abbey ales in the past (Chimay [...]
Tried this earlier tonight. I’m a big fan of Stone Brewing in general, their Imperial Stout is one of my favorite beers. After being scared away by the insulting diatribe on the back of their Double Bastard Ale, I opted to try their Smoked Porter. In actuality, there was a very positive [...]
Damn. This is a good beer. Somebody needs to remind me to take a tour of their brewery (read: get drunk on their beer for free), because their located in nearby Petaluma, Ca.
After reading about Nestle’s new beer-like coffee only two days prior, I decided to try a coffee-like beer (since the former [...]