American Pint: This one is ubiquitous. Order a draft Bud or Miller Lite from a bar odds are it’s coming in the iconic American pint...

So you want a beer & you’re in 14th century Germany. Well, actually you’re in 14th century Germania because it’ll still be a few hundred...

It wouldn’t be surprising if you were to mistake the Weizen glass for the Pilsner glass. It happens. No big. I mean they’re both German...

Got a sec? I’m curious, have you ever given any thought to what it would be like to be a 16th century glassblower? Let’s take a sec &...

Full disclosure: I had been pronouncing the name of this glass like a fool.  Thankfully I was only doing so to myself & only once to my...

If you like your women (or men) tall & slender & are looking for a beer glass to match, boy do I have one for you. Come on out, don’t be...

What do you get when two powerhouses of the craft beer world, Sierra Nevada & Dogfish Head, come together to design a glass to maximize...

Remember last week I wrote about how the shape of a beer glass is often designed to somehow enhance the taste of the beer that it holds?...

Let’s take a second and zoom out to look at the whole scope of bar drinkware. In general, drinkware intended for alcohol consumption is...

Unless you're a slug-ologist, slugs are pretty boring af. They don’t have many endearing qualities unless, of course, you find mucus...

Former President Barack Obama is no stranger to making history.  Chief among his accomplishments is becoming the first African American...

Bill “the Fox” Foster was a legend. As perhaps the best chug-a-lug champ there ever was, he could down 2 beers standing on his head...

Beer poking is a centuries old tradition that I just found out about 3 minutes ago. Beer poking traces its origins in America to the...

Fermentation: Finally! Fermentation! Huzzah! As soon as the temp is suitable, brewing yeast is added to the wort & the yeast gets to work...

Mashing: Once milled the malt is mixed w/ water creating the Mash. The milled grain is steeped & heated to between 100°F & 170° F. During...

The Basics: Part 2 So we have our four basic ingredients, grains, water, yeast & hops. Now what? Simply put, sugars are needed for the...

The Basics: Although there are many styles of beer these days, at its base beer is a simple concoction of yeast, grain, water & hops....

New Year's Eve! It’s all fun & games until you wake up to find yourself in the middle of a lawn that’s not yours wrapped in Christmas...