pint sized revelations

Hibiscus Sour by Fair State I was lounging around on a Saturday watching a KARE 11 news segment on the Harvest Beer Festival to be put o...

After an excellent stop at Excelsior Brewing , I headed out to Waconia to try another brewery named after a town. Waconia Brewing  sits snu...

Walking up to F-Town Brewing on a summery Thursday afternoon, I was disappointed by the clear lack of air conditioning due to the garage...

On my last few visits to local liquor stores, I've noticed a new sensation: I turn my nose up at bottled beer. Not every bottle — just s...

Kick the Can IPA Driving from a family reunion in my Iowan home town, a route I'd had driven nearly every weekend for three years in...

After having lunch with a former student, I had a free Saturday afternoon for some beer hunting. Heading west to Excelsior Brewing in Exce...

Every year at school, there are always a few students who desperately work for an A, but can't see the path to earning the grade: heartb...

I'm not a baseball fan, but I do generally make a yearly Twins pilgrimage. I liked the Metrodome with the cheap seats straight out from ...

Not needing gluten-free products, Burning Brothers Brewing hasn't been at the top of my priority list. When friend wanted to check it o...

7/8/13 We took the opportunity to hit 21st Amendment for dinner before going to an amazingly long baseball game that went sixteen innings...

7/7/13 Half Moon Bay Brewing was a pub I've come across in my reading and it just happen to come at the end of our drive back from Mo...

7/5/13 After a full and fun day at Monterey Bay Aquarium , we needed a place for a pint and dinner.  I had researched Cannery Row Brewery,...

From The Love of Beer website: http://theloveofbeermovie.com/ News of the  Pink Boots Society  graces the pages of beer writing enough t...

A friend posted  The Whine of the Craft Beer Children on Facebook in response to the beer geek bashing  Budweiser Superbowl ad .  My friend...

7/7/13 After a weekend in Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Aquarium, we headed north back to The City via Highway 1 coast scenery. We were plan...

7/4/13 With tickets for an evening fireworks cruise, we arrived early to the port of Santa Cruz to park and find our way to the boat. Read...

Without any planning of my own, I followed beery freinds to New Bohemia Wurst + Bierhaus in Golden Valley after the latest One Voice concer...

Out and about running errands and shopping on a Saturday, I took a little extra time to head up Hiawatha to give Elevated Beer Wine Spiri...

Entrance to Third Street Brewhouse After several attempts during trips to St. Cloud, I finally found the time to visit the Third Street ...

S'mores Beer from Giggle's At a my little sister's wedding reception, I joked with my cousin Randy that I would love to see ...

Opening day at taproom Bent Brewstillery When I took the beer judge certification classes with the Minnesota Home Brewers , studying th...

Al and I going big at Great Taste.   On the path of beer geekdom, most of us have read the same advice for tasting samples: drink light ...

La Trappe beer garden with brewery in background 7/1/14 and 3/8/03 visits A few weeks before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the pri...

Growler storage in my trunk My first knowledge of recent changes in Minnesota beer laws was Harriet Brewing's policy for growler re...

After a long winter, we took advantage of a sunny Saturday afternoon to go to Town Hall pint club for the first time in a while and the...