Well I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer
In 2005 I kept a blog at madeofglass.com that chronicled various aspects of my life. One of those aspects was the beginning of my adventures in homebrewing. This post originally appeared in that blog...
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In 2005 I kept a blog at madeofglass.com that chronicled various aspects of my life. One of those aspects was the beginning of my adventures in homebrewing. This post originally appeared in that blog...
View ArticleI’ll just have wheat thins and beer – if I get sick the toilet is near
In 2005 I kept a blog at madeofglass.com that chronicled various aspects of my life. One of those aspects was the beginning of my adventures in homebrewing. This post originally appeared in that blog...
View ArticleAll the pigs are all lined up
In the early 2000s I kept a blog at madeofglass.com that chronicled various aspects of my life. This post chronicled Brooklyn Brewery’s 2005 Pigfest, a discontinued and sorely missed annual party. This...
View ArticleNYC Craft Beer Week Sneak Peek
I was fortunate enough to be invited to the NYC Beer Week Sneak Peek for the press last night. Craft Beer Week is now being run under the auspices of the New York City Brewers Guild and as you might...
View ArticleUtopian Dreams Dismantled
There are some moments in life that are so brutally embarassing that you can’t even bear the thought of trying to hide them. You need to embrace them and find a way to laugh at yourself because the...
View ArticleExperience Columbus (Beer)
One of the nice perks of my standing assigment to write beer reviews for Men’s Journal is that it offers access to breweries and beers that aren’t available to the general public. Breweries and PR...
View ArticleBiere De Mars Roundup In Men’s Journal and Assorted Odds and Ends
Men’s Journal I knew that one of the challenges I’d have in keeping this blog would be the pressure to keep it current. It’s been dormant for too long, but I have been busy in that time brewing up...
View ArticleLet’s Get the Band Back Together
I began homebrewing in January of 2005 with my friend Jesse Kasendorf. Jesse had some earlier exprience brewing extract beers and he showed me the ropes as we brewed a beer we dubbed Resolution IPA....
View ArticleBrewery Ommegang- XV 15th Anniversary
Men’s Journal posted my review of Brewery Ommegang’s stellar XV – 15th Anniversary beer on their site a couple weeks ago but I thought it would be fun to follow up here with my initial tasting notes as...
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