Archive for March, 2006

Craft Beer Doing Well

Monday, March 27th, 2006

The production of craft beers grew more in the last year than it has in any year since 1996. What are craft beers? The article offers this definition: ...those specialty brews typically made in small regional or local breweries... It makes sense that craft beers are growing in popularity when you think ...

Drinking At Low Limit Hold ‘Em

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

I just wrote about the quick trip to Vegas Ariele and I took this weekend. I played some low limit Hold 'Em at Excalibur for a grand total of four hours or so, and of course I had to hit the free beer while I was playing. I had a Miller ...

Dancing Bull - 2003 Cabernet Sauvignon

Tuesday, March 14th, 2006

We bought this wine at our local Vons for less than 10 bucks. Very good taste and nose. Very pleasant wine for the price in my opinion. I'll have to buy another bottle of it so I can give a better description but so far I've had several experiences with ...

Jenica Peak Coastal Merlot 2002

Sunday, March 12th, 2006

Roger was having a gathering tonight at his place to watch the season premiere of The Sopranos, and when I arrived, I stumbled upon an open bottle of the Jenica Peak Coastal Merlot, specifically the 2002 vintage. Based on a little bit of research I did before starting to write this ...

Lost Coast Downtown Brown Ale

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Ariele and I met Roger and some other folks at The Atheneum this evening for beers. There was a birthday party being held in the basement, so we took a couple of pitchers upstairs, sat on the patio, and shot the bull for a while. The beer we had was the ...

Rogue Santa’s Private Reserve

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Also had last night at Lucky Baldwin's were 22oz bottles of Rogue Santa's Private Reserve, which is (as you might guess) Rogue's winter offering. Unfortunately, I'm not quite as much of an aficionado as Jeff, so my beer-describing vocabulary isn't what it should be. Greg, who also had ...