A Taste of Florida Breweries

A few weeks ago I went on a short weekend trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was overcast and rainy but luckily drinking beer and eating yummy food, does not need sunshine or a beach! :) I got to try a sampling of craft beer from some of the Florida breweries and here is my short list. IPAs seemed … [Read more...]

Liege Waffles: A Belgium Delight

Love at first bite. Belgium has a lot of waffles and the "regular" ones are fantastic but there is something extra special about those Liege Waffles. The sticky, slightly sweet, warm waffles that just makes everything bad in the world disappear... Though it seems like just yesterday it has … [Read more...]

The Much Sought after Pliny and Russian River

Every beer fanatic and friend of a beer lover has heard of Pliny the Elder. It is hard to get and ridiculously delicious! Whether Russian River developed one of the best business models of keeping demand high and supply low to make us beer starved or just simply cannot produce enough, it's working … [Read more...]

San Francisco And…

I finally made my way to San Francisco! The opportunity arose just prior to commencing my new job. Five days were packed with hiking, touring, eating, and drinking! We did a day hiking in the Muir Woods, complete with cheese, bread, salami, and a bottle of wine, reminiscent of our time in Italy … [Read more...]

Glueck & Selig and the blessings of friendships

True friends are hard to come by and they can be hard to keep but with some, it almost seems easy. Someone that you can be silly with yet have meaningful conversations, laugh and cry with, and someone that challenges you, is a special friend. I met a friend like this seven years ago when she was on … [Read more...]

A Winter Beer Day in Deutschland and Ratsherrn Brewery!

In a country that has such a long history of beer culture with thousands of years of brewing and countless generations of perfecting and repeating recipes, craft beer seemed almost unlikely in Germany. Beer styles are particular to each region and the whole bar might stop drinking and stare at you … [Read more...]