Let’s hope all the Super Bowl commercials are as entertaining.

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New York Archbishop Anthony Dolan is visiting the Holy Land prior to going to Rome where he will be elevated to Cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI. As we did when we visited Israel, the Bishop is testing out the local fare, including the beer.

His visit i…

I’ve previously posted about the new Devils Backbone production brewery. This week I got to experience the benefit of the expanded distribution of the brewery’s beers. Devils Backbone was the featured brewery for Tuesday’s Steal the Glass Night …

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a r…

Today, February 1 is the Feast Day of St. Brigid of Ireland. Few beer lovers would disagree with the Saint’s prayer “I’d Like A Great Lake Of Beer For The King Of Kings. I Would Like To Be Watching Heaven’s Family Drinking It Through All Eternity.”

In…

Blogging about your blog is sort of like setting up mirrors facing each other and standing between them. But, if we’re honest, blogging is pretty much like staring in mirror anyway.

I’ve added some new blog links for you to check out. You can find the…

This evening at 6:39PM central Virginia experienced a 3.2 earthquake. Mild in comparison to the 5.8 quake that hit last August, but still a subtle reminder that we are not the ones in charge.

And Twitter moves almost as fast.

What was really interest…

Table for Two

I was killing some time in the local beverage store Friday afternoon, looking for some interesting beers to bring home, when I spied Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout. Ah, the memories this brewery invokes. There was…

Not too long ago, I mused on the question “How Much Beer Is Enough?” Some folks measure “too much” by the pint. Apparently, at a pub in the U.K., serving too much beer in a pint can get you fired.

A pub landlord and ­landlady have been ­suspended an…

To anyone who looks carefully, it becomes obvious that gun control laws are really about people control. I wrote previously about the “projection” by anti-gunners of their own weaknesses onto gun owners. Coincidently, this week we learned of a vocal a…