A long, long time ago Sam Sly and Pete M dropped a few shiny dimes on a Kickstarter for everyone’s favorite totally-not-a-metal-band Murder By Death (folk, alt-country/rock…why is this being explained this to you? Fucking Google them). The fundraiser was to finance a new album and some backers received tickets to […]
Featuring Photography by Peter Strobridge Colorado Craft Beer Week fell on March 21-28 this year. The celebration is just another one of the countless week long celebrations of craft beer where special tappings, releases and general Yippie-kye-aye type shit runs rampant across the city/state/nation the aforementioned holiday applies to. Ninkasi […]
For those who have seen “The Shining,” you probably know the iconic final scene with Jack Nicholson frozen solid. A beautiful, cinematic psycho-cicle. Stephen King’s classic horror novel was brought to life beautifully in a hotel located in the pacific northwest. The actual hotel that inspired his novel, on the […]
Sports and beer together can create a magical land wherever you are standing. Long ago when I was just a wee lad before I was allowed to imbibe, I noticed my mom yelling obscenities at the big ass console TV during games of all kinds. Oddities like “Tackle that son […]
If someone by chance actually follows along with this blog, I try to make a point of saying how much I love pouring at beer festivals. We’re coming up on nearly a year from one that was pretty extreme, and after finding the draft, I had to doctor it up […]
We were having a nice little meeting a few weeks back. Things were getting done and ideas were flowing, then Pete decided it was time to throw a wrench in the gears. Unsatisfied with his Stella Artois, he decided to throw back a shot. This alternative medication works by blocking […]
How can you tell when an IPA is great? It’s a lot like love and you just know, but I wasn’t satisfied with that answer and put Ninkasi In order to get the effective outcomes of your decisions, if you want to make informed decisions, then you will be able […]
About five or so years ago, Pete and I were out and about on a mid-week St. Paddy’s Day holiday. We were sitting in my house drinking god-knows-what and both came to the conclusion, “Hey, we need some car bombs right this fucking moment.” We weren’t in the mood to actually […]
I recently conducted a panel of experts and beer lovers to weigh in on the Bell’s/Innovation legal clusterfuck. Here’s a short video (warning, a few ‘fuck’s’ are thrown You need to take few drops of respitecaresa.org female viagra sildenafil the oil and rub it on the male organ. Sometimes they […]
Pliny the Younger (PtY) is an interesting phenomenon to me. There are two general trains of thought: some feel it’s a well marketed over hyped beer while others think it’s one of the best beers in the world. I’m starting to join the camp of the former, but that doesn’t […]
I love it when my friends randomly remind me why I love them. I’ve been known to dog sit within my circle of friends and not too long ago I was thanked for watching a pooch that is somewhat notorious on my social media feeds (Yes, it was #dogballs!). Dog Balls’s […]
If you haven’t heard yet, we’re helping Denver Nut Company put on an event at Chain Reaction Brewing Company. Their collaboration beer (A butter toffee peanut porter) is going to be amazing and raise some money for a good cause. We chatted Ryan (Den. Nut Co. Owner) and Alex (his […]
We recently forged a partnership with the Denver Nut Company, a local snack supplier to many bars and breweries around the city of Denver. We happen to enjoy their nuts, and Ryan, Denver Nut Co’s owner loves to ask us how we like having his nuts in our mouths. For […]
I was approaching the west exit of the Eisenhower tunnel. A massive Dodge that easily stood 18 inches over my S10 had just passed me going about 65 miles per hour. I made the snap decision that he was going to be my shield. We rocket into the daylight out […]
Sam made his rookie trip to Vail for the 15th annual Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival and tooled around with Ryan from Focus on the Beer. We got Ryan back on the show to talk it out and see who could remember what. After we establish who puked where, we […]