A Seven-Pack of New Beers Selected in Honor of a Special Week That Wasn't

The inaugural Baltimore Beer Week came to a close this past weekend. Some of you, I know, will wonder, “It did? When did it start?” And you won’t be out of line for thinking like that. I haven’t seen any official attendance numbers yet, so it’s hard to know if the turnout was strong or… Continue reading A Seven-Pack of New Beers Selected in Honor of a Special Week That Wasn't

Six New Brews for an Easy Summer Evening

Summertime, and the living is easy. Or so the song goes. Nothing these days seems all that easy, that’s for sure. Not, at least, from what I can see, looking up from the bottom of my well. But things don’t have to be so hard this time of year, either. Take, for instance, the search… Continue reading Six New Brews for an Easy Summer Evening

Winter Beers Are Icummen In!

Every year at about this time — when all color has been blasted from the trees by the north winds, the days grow noticeably shorter and cooler, the precipitation alternates between not-quite-rain and almost-snow, and year’s end once again looms on the horizon — I think of poet Ezra Pound‘s famous cold-weather-cursing parody, “Ancient Music,” which begins, Winter… Continue reading Winter Beers Are Icummen In!