Belgian Beer Appreciation Class in SF
Belgian Beer Appreciation Class Comes to LaTrappe Trappist Lounge in San Francisco March 22 at 3 p.m.
Belgian beer enthusiast, beer tour guide and stand-up comedian Stuart leads this special event. Learn about some of the many different styles of Belgian beer, Dubbels, Trippels, Trappist, Farmhouse and more.
Meet some like-minded folks in one [...]
Sam Adams helps the Hop Crisis
The Hop Crisis! Gads. Whatayamean no IPA?!? Huh… These guys are kidding right? Nope. They aren’t. It’s a full on problem caused in part by other countries buying hops of any kind to brew “canoe beer” for their masses. This leaves craft brewers that didn’t have a contract for the hops they used in an [...]
Organic
Organic is not a new thing. It’s not a marketing buzz word. It turns out it’s a really strict thing to use the word. It’s regulated by governments that have set up rules about what a product can’t have, must have and it can’t cheat. It’s a long road to get a product labeled as [...]
I don’t feel Absinthe
It’s been a year since we first sat in front of a mic and started talking about beer. Instead of a big fun party with a band we decided to break out of format so we could drink Absinthe. Absinthe has not been available in the US or A legally since 1912 when it was [...]
SB / 08
Strong Beer month is upon us. We have the whole month of February to drink all 12 big beers.
Join the brewers on Thursday, January 31st at 6PM at the Toronado for a kick-off event for the 6th Annual Strong Beer Month between the 21st Amendment Brewery and Magnolia Pub and Brewery. Each brewery will be [...]
Class Reunion
Rosie the Intern returns with glasses and presents.
Nothing
Robot love, one beer, the award we didn’t win, a wrong turn at Absinth and nothing else.
Beer in the Movies
Strange Brew, Beer Fest, Animal House, Van Wilder, The Sure Thing, Apocalypse Now, Smokey and the Bandit, MASH, Caddy Shack, The Bad News Bears, Cheers (the movie) never made. why not? Arthur, 1941, One Froggy Evening, Killer Clowns from Outer Space, Porky’s, Young Einstein, Beer League, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Side Ways, Moulin [...]
College
Drinking beer at college comes with surprises, statistics and lies. Honore, our college guest, talks about the beer that she and her friends like. The surprise is what they are drinking. Statistics came from collegedrinkingprevention.gov and cspinet.org.
Nouvelle Vague is the spelling of that band that covered the Dead Kennedy’s song.
Beers on the show:
Wittekerke, Shiner Bohemian [...]
