Coming up in 2 weeks, its NERAX, the New England Real Ale Expo.  For those of you who have not heard me rant about this in the past it is a great beer lovers event.  There are 4 sessions, Wednesday through Friday night and Saturday in the afternoon.  Admission is $15 to the first three nights and $10 on Saturday.  They have 90 or so casks of ale ( Read more... )

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This Sunday I'm hoping to finish up painting my fence. Unfortunately, as it stands, I don't have enough man power to get the job done. I'm expecting my parents to come by and help out in the afternoon but other than that its just me ( Read more... )

Thats a big storm. I hope I closed my windows.

Edit: And we lost power right after I posted this. Luckily we are back up now.

A quick shout out to all the beer drinkers on my friends list. NERAX is back at the Davis sq VFW, April 30th to May 3rd. For those not familiar with NERAX it is the New England Real Ale expo. For four days these guys serve up a huge variety of cask conditioned ales from the US and UK in traditional style. Generally you don't get a chance to ( Read more... )

That game was un-real. I have been to a lot of sox games over the years but I have never had an experience like that. I cant even begin to describe it. Maybe I will give it more of a shot later... or after the second game ( Read more... )

The Cambridge Brewing Company is having a barleywine event on Thursday from 5-10pm. I'm planning on heading down there after work. Probably around 6:30.

Anybody interested in joining me?

Good news! "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" will be back on the air next month, even if the writers strike continues. Apparently, without writers, much of the material will be improvised ( Read more... )

Im thinking of going to this either the friday night session or the saturday afternoon early session. The saturday session has more variety but friday night would probably be a lot of fun too. I have had pretty good luck with the Beer Advocate events in the past.

Anyone interested?

If your anything like me you have found yourself eating something tasty and though "Man, this is great but it sure could use some bacon flavor."

This happens to me all the time. Steak, veggies, potatoes, eggs, ice cream... is there any dish that couldn't be made better with the addition of bacon? Well now you can find outBacon salt, for when you ( Read more... )