Sam Adams Winter Seasonal Extravaganza!

Despite Neil’s ardent protests to the contrary — I like Sam Adams. I enjoy it. It tastes delicious. I would order it at a bar. I would be happy if someone brought it to my place for a party (however, if you bring Heineken and you don’t drink all of it, I’ll have to start [...]

Beer Nirvana

Echoing Neil — there is paradise on earth. It’s called 112 beers on tap. And we have notes to prove it!
Suffering slightly from beer ADHD, we figured we’d go with 2 tasting flights to start the night. Which lead to another flight. Which lead to two very happy liquid bloggers. The following notes are in [...]

Paradise is in Allston

The scribes of this illustrious journal found enlightenment on Friday night, and, as I always half suspected, the key to happiness is more of a gnostic secret than a zen insight. It’s not fair, but worry not – you’re here now and I’ll share it with you.

On the consumption of liquid from an animal horn

A while back, one of the chemists in my department threw a a sort of medieval-themed Christmas party with her housemates.Now, I’ll interject that for us, that’s not a huge stretch. For reasons related to our field of study, we tend to be a pretty granola-munching bunch. Dressing up as bards, knights, and wizards is [...]

When to pop the tea question?

Happy lunar new year! Xin nian kuai le, gong xi fa cai, etc, etc. I have to confess — I am pretty terrible at being chinese (unless I’m awesome at being chinese, like… when getting food freebies in Costco). I decided I wanted a small little Chinese new year get-together chez moi and I [...]

Here Dad, drink this.

My dad is, to first approximation, a gun-owning construction worker from a red state. To the same degree of accuracy, I’m a tree-hugging socialist who spends most of my day in a box with climate control and fluorescent lighting. We get along — we are still family, after all — but there still exists something [...]