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Apr 17, 2009

“Beer Wars” Reviews Online

Updated with more reviews. For those of you out there like myself that didn’t have the opportunity to check out Beer Wars […]

Feb 27, 2009

Craft Beer Hits the Big Screen with “Beer Wars”

beernews.org just posted an article announcing the launch of a new movie, Beer Wars, that showcases craft beer as its subject. From […]

Jan 5, 2009

Bourbon/Whiskey

During the colder months, I typically enjoy a glass of bourbon or whiskey more often than I would during any other time […]

Dec 30, 2008

Anchor Our Special Ale 2006-2008 Tasting

The Barley Blog turned two at the beginning of this December, marking my foray into documenting my love of craft beer — […]

Dec 30, 2008

Video of #1 Beer Bar’s Cellar

I originally saw this on BeerNews.org late last night, but might as well post it here as well — spread the word […]

Dec 23, 2008

The Barley Blog 2008 Year in Review

I meant to do one of these sorts of posts last year after checking out how Al and Ron over at Hop […]

Nov 30, 2008

Future Cicerone in the Making

Often, when taking notes on a beer that I’m unfamiliar with or enjoying for the first time, I’ll find myself missing things […]

Nov 5, 2008

Shipment from Shipyard

So, the UPS guy just left a few minutes ago and I’m pretty damned stoked right about now.   Above is my […]

Sep 10, 2008

The Bartender Hates You

I’ve seen a few of these “The Bartender Hates You” clips and they’ve always given me a chuckle. This one, however, is […]

Sep 2, 2008

Cellar Update

As regular visitors may know I threw myself on a strict diet when it came to purchasing beers for longer term storage […]

Aug 30, 2008

Session #19 Reminder

Time has been flying by so quickly lately that I nearly forgot all about next month’s Session. It seems as though work […]

Aug 11, 2008

MikeSupport.com

I’ve had some gnarly email issues today, so this press release from Flying Dog just got to me. I don’t know if […]