Great Beer Commercial

Pretty funny stuff.

Orange County Beer Festival 2010

Another great beer festival at Irvine Lake.  The second annual (hopefully) Orange County Beer Festival was held on May 15 instead of August like the previous year, and that resulted in much cooler weather. I went with a friend and two designated drivers (always good to have a backup at an event like this in […]

Tonight’s Tasting: Partagas Black Label Pronto and Spezial Pilsner

Life is good.  I scored with an impulsive cigar purchase, and I scored with tonight’s random pairing. Partagas Black Label Pronto (4 3/16″ x 36) The impulsive purchase in question was a box of Partagas Black Label Prontos.  You need to understand that I don’t buy boxes of cigars.  There are just too many great […]

Half Price Tickets for Orange County Beer Festival!

For the next 17 hours (until about 5:00 a.m. on May 13, 2010), you can buy tickets to the Orange County Beer Festival for just $20.  Go here for the discount.  Thanks to Dale Conjurski for the link.

Tonight’s Tasting: God of Fire by Carlito and Hoegaarden White Beer

Hey Federal Trade Commission.  You’re telling me and all the other bloggers that if we get paid for an endorsement, we damn well better disclose that fact, or face a penalty of $11,000.  Well no one has ever paid me for an endorsement, and if they ever had I wouldn’t need you to tell me […]

Tonight’s Tasting: Dixie Jazz Amber Light and G.A.R. Robusto

Dixie Jazz Amber Light I picked this one at random, not even noticing it was a light beer.  It’s a great concept, giving you the option of a light amber beer when you want to save a few calories (just 92.5 calories).  And the taste did not disappoint.  It pours dark, with a nice foam […]

Two Cool iPhone Apps to Help With Your Beer “Research”

Any app that can help with the task of finding and researching beer is okay in my book.  I found a couple that now hold places of honor on my iPhone. The problems with so many iPhone apps that rely on data bases is that the data is so sparse that they little more than […]