IPA Day is August 7: Forgive Me For Yawning

At the risk of sounding like the resident beer curmudgeon, forgive me for laying down one big yawn at another annual #IPAday.  This year it falls on August 7, 2014. A triple IPA. Originally billed as more of a social media experiment – about which I’ve said kind words – it now seems like throwing…

I Guess It’s International Stout Day

Twitter and facebook tell me today, November 8, 2013, is the third annual International Stout Day.  I’m trying to work up some enthusiasm. It’s not that I don’t love stout.  Quite the opposite. A top notch imperial stout has long been my favorite style.  If there’s a coffee stout on tap or on the shelf,…

IPA Day is Thursday, August 1, 2013

The third annual IPA Day is Thursday, August 1, 2013, so get ready to . . . . . . do pretty much what most of you do each and every day.  Grab a beer and celebrate something. Held the first Thursday of August, there’s not much more I can say about IPA day that…

IPA Day is Thursday, August 2

We enjoy beer nearly every day.  It’s what we turn to after a day of work, for a lazy float on the river, after a good hard run, to pair with our meal, and all manner of routine and not so routine activities. We put bottles away for that special occasion and we reach for…