Last night all I had around to drink was old beer that I hadn’t bothered drain-pouring yet. This made me question how to make these old beers taste better. What can be done? I filtered the results and brought the best to you.  Turns out, you will need a French press. I don’t have one so I say you can just kind of mix in the things some other way – but you’ll probably get better results using a French press (something I now am adding to my wish list). There are two main ideas to bring new life to your old beer, but I want to quickly list all of the best ones here before we get into detail ..read more

I sometimes have beer-influenced thoughts about the little things in drinking life. Randomly beginning with these five: That tingle you get through your body when the alcohol from the first sip of beer hits you right. It doesn’t happen every time at all, but when it does, yowza. This may be an only me thing, I dunno. How big of a bummer it is when you go to pour more beer in your glass from a can and the can is empty. Sadness. How nice of a feeling when you go to pour a beer from a can and there is more in it than you thought. How happy and sometimes creative a nice beer can make you. Taproo ..read more

A proper place for a Utopias opening: a pickup tailgateWhere to Find Sam Adam Utopias For Sale At the moment I write this post there are still 2023 Utopias from Sam Adams for sale. They are going fast though. So, where are Utopias for sale? Total Wine – you can order through Instacart, where you might find an option other than Total Wine. Costco – if you have one in town it might be worth a shot to try – it’s how I was able to try some. Rando Liquor store – you can look at this wine site as they list some locations you can snake one if you’re local. Call down to the good bottle shop/beer bar ..read more

You, or someone you know, likes drinking beer. And likes wearing shirts. Craft beer geeks, regular beer drinkers, women, men, all the people, love funny beer shirts. And they need a good drinking shirt. If you find a beer shirt funny, I have picked out the funniest ones to me, a beer drinking geek. These are funny mens or womens shirts for Christmas, Halloween, Saint Patricks, birthdays, or anytime gifts. *Disclosure heads up: I am an affiliate of TeePublic and Amazon so it’s possible I might get a tiny percentage if you end up buying something. I am here to help you shop some graphic t ..read more

For sure you should be buying beer gifts for women too, but that is for another post. You are looking for the best beer gifts for men and I am here to give them to you. A man who loves beer. Sure, you can just look for beer gifts for men on Amazon right now, and call it a day. But that is not a list curated by a beer geek. I am a beer geek and also a guy and I know what I would like to get as a gift for Christmas or birthday or Father’s Day or any damn day. I want to give you some good ideas for a beer gift. *Most of these links are affiliates of my blog – just something “they” feel you shoul ..read more

Yes. The answer is yes, Russian River Brewing has changed the label of Pliny The Elder… but hasn’t changed it much. There has only been subtle changes over the years. If you watch the video, I have four different (but not THAT different) Pliny labels. I assume the first ever packaged Pliny The Elder has a different label than these…so that means there are at least five different labels (if you look real close). (Check out my newsletter where I posted a version of this, first) Cheers! Enjoy your Russian River beers and thanks for reading. The post Has Russian River Ever Changed the Label of Pl ..read more

Many tallboys and beer bottles have little ridges at the bottom to make them stable. The ridges that circle the bottom helps prevent them from floating around when the bottle has a bunch of condensation making the bottle wet and slippery. If they did not have the bumps or ridges, the bottle could slide of your table. As an example, cans do not have ridges, bumps or grooves and are obviously very light when empty. And many times, I have experienced my empty and sweaty can begin “floating” around the table with no help. I am no Jedi with abilities some would consider to be…unnatural. I am just a ..read more

The music sounds different. Feels different. Tastes, smells, thoughts, attitude, creativity, all from… A beer buzz. It’s fucking great. I feel like it’s something we don’t talk about nearly enough. There are lots of great things about beer and, for me, this may be the biggest: a nice buzz. You see, I am a weird motherfucker. Not a normal person when it comes to communicating to other humans. But when I have a beer. Or two. I feel like I bump up to the level of a regular person. I can talk about things. Amplify my mood. And it’s all due to alcohol. Beer. And, I am more creative. Some of my bes ..read more

I have searched the Internet. I have played some games. I drank beer outside. All so I can write this post. Alright, well, not ALL so I could write this post, I also had fun. Because playing games outside is fun. Especially if you have a good beer in one hand. You can only walk around burning your beer calories for so long. It’s time to play. But what are the best outdoor games for a beer garden or backyard? You are here for this, so I put together to the top games I would buy for my backyard (if I could afford them all) and/or the games I would expect to see at my local beer garden. What are ..read more

Best Notebooks and Tasting Journals for a Beer Geek. I have gathered what I believe are the best beer notebook/journal options for a beer geek like me. Maybe you’re looking for a good gift for beer lovers or you’re a home brewer looking for a proper home brewing recipe journal. Or just want a new beer journal for yourself, well I made this is the post for you. While most people use Untappd for their beer journaling and tasting notes, putting pen to paper is still a thing us beer geeks do. In fact, we can do both. We’re multi-talented with our drinking and beer notes that way. You can get ..read more