St. Bernardus Christmas Ale: ‘Tis the season for the best
Starting around Thanksgiving, beer shelves are crammed with “Christmas” beers from essentially every single brewery,…
Browsing: Vices
Maredsous 8: Brewing perfection
I love Duvel. It’s the beer I’d have every day and in almost any situation.…
Padron – 1964 Anniversary
Fellow cigar smokers: Beware the pleasure police As you and I have noticed, a faction…
Trois Pistoles: The special occasion sipper
Lately, Unibroue shelves have been turning up in more and more decent beer shops. Outside…
H. Upmann – Reserve Maduro
A few myths about cigars After surfing Bullz-Eye.com one day, I did a little surfing…
Kwak: A fad wannabe
I was wary of Kwak from the day I saw some buffoon chugging them back,…
Padron 2000 & the Flor de Oliva
Thrifty Cigar Picks in Lean Times Gas is $4 a gallon, the real estate market…
La Chouffe
La Chouffe had a number of things going against it before I took my first…
Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale: Perfect summer swill
Summertime. In these parts, we trudge through 10 months of blustery desolation just to be…
Romeo y Julieta – Viejo and the changing nature of the cigar bar
The Changing Nature of the Cigar Bar In my last entry, I wrote about a…