Pneumonia sucks. Precisely one day after posting this entry extolling how wonderful my half marathon training was going I was handed a serious change to my training plan. I headed out for my regular Wednesday evening training run with the Run Wild Missoula group thinking I would run through the return of a head cold…
With the World Cup well underway, I thought a beer named Hooligan Stout was the perfect complement to pick up on a recent weekend trip over to Spokane. As I was rummaging around in the fridge for something to help celebrate a birthday this weekend, it seemed like the right time to pull it out.…
From what I read, Shooting Creek Farm Brewery sits tucked away down a narrow out of the way road in a remote part of Floyd County, VA. Then again, that describes just about everything in Floyd. Try finding the County’s two wineries, Chateau Morrisette and Villa Appalachia, without some good directions and you’ll quickly learn. …
Terminal Gravity Brewing’s Breakfast Porter is a fascinating beer. On a recent weekend trip over to Spokane, WA, we stopped in at the Steelhead Bar and Grill on a whim and a quick look at the menu. The place has a modern industrial look with a great vibe and great food at reasonable prices. When…
On a recent weekend trip over to Spokane, WA, we took a quick exit off I-90 to stop and have a look at Enoteca, a wine and beer store in Post Falls, ID. It sits in a small strip mall on busy Seltice Way. When I stopped in, I was fresh off a visit to…
Black IPAs are all the rage. Though I don’t know quite what to call them. As this blogger notes, it is a bit odd to call something both black and pale at the same time. The Brewers Association’s style guidelines recognized this contradiction and decided to call the style “American-Style India Black Ale.” This name…
While growing up in the New River Valley of southwest Virginia, Floyd was a nearby, quintessential cross-roads, rural town. Sitting a few miles north of the Blue Ridge Parkway, it served largely as the service center for the agricultural areas that still surround it. It had a bank, two classic general stores, the Blue Ridge…
As a craft beer drinker I am most definitely not stuck in a rut. Sure, I have my favorite year-rounders and seasonals that frequently inhabit the fridge, but I’m always on the hunt for something new. Getting to hunt in new territory is one of the great parts of vacations. My most recent vacation took…
One of the great things about out of state vacations is the promise of a whole new array of beers to try. Take a trip to a beer town like Portland, OR and you’ll drive yourself silly trying to map out a way to take in the City’s 30+ breweries. With more than 1,500 breweries…
Over Memorial Day weekend, we took a drive down to Stevensville to check out two of Blacksmith Brewing Co.‘s latest releases: Black Iron IPA and Vienna Lager. Black Iron IPA is back by overwhelming popular demand. Give it a try and you’ll understand why. As I wrote when it first came out, it is a…