Urban Honking

Alaska Brewing Company touts their reuse of brewing ingredients as a process that is both co-friendly and cost-effective.

Core77 has the details on a visual guide to 202 beers set up like a Pantone color swatch.

Date: September 16, 2011 Location: Josh’s house Present: Josh Berezin, Mike Merrill   102/1000: Anchor Small from Anchor Brewing JB: “Small.” I remember Anchor refers to this beer as coming out of some very old tradition, but no one else makes one now. MM: They could call it anything they want, since they’re the only [...]

Mmmmm mmmmm. Napalm in the morning. That aptly describes the flavor of the recipe you’re looking at. But it’s also the smell of victory we found ourselves huffing lustily on a given Sunday last month, when we bombarded four competitors in a vegan chili cook-off. Utter annihilation. There’s mushroom and TVP meat for chunky umami, [...]

Attention colleagues. This year’s holiday party will be held at Eagle Rock Brewery and attendance is mandatory. The CEO has done away with the raffle prizes, but refreshments will be served. Because nothing says Baby Jesus like a congregation of obsessive taste-seekers whipped-up into a feeding frenzy for five weird beers and five freaky-deeky cheeses. [...]

Whiskey Friends gathered recently to taste a new selection of bourbons (Wathen’s, Willet, Virginia Gentlemen, and the awkwardly designed Corsair Triple Smoke). The Tannery was the perfect host and we’re excited to get back into regular tastings in 2013. (sign up at WhiskeyFriends.com)

Our national feast is upon us. Time to baste ourselves in real and fake butter fat. So grab your feather headdress and your pilgrim hat. (We like to tuck Kleenex in our sweater cuffs like colonial douchebags.) This year, Evan got asked by some colleagues to perform a nearly impossible task: buy a frozen soy [...]

Earlier this month we were asked to do a stint as judges of a contest — one we did not immediately feel well-qualified for: The Best Vegan Mac & Cheese Showdown. At first we gently protested to the contest’s mastermind, the gracious Chica Vegan , that we’re not exactly proponents of vegan cheese since we [...]

So with twice the time, and half the price of the last blog post, not to mention the progressing seasons, I am back, with another fantastic wine! Official Notice! Blogging has now moved, originally on the porch of my house right off of N Vancouver, it is now in the back yard of my NEW [...]

In honor of LA Beer Week, we scooped up the limited “2 bottles per visit” of Unity, the official brew by Eagle Rock Brewery. At 3.25% alcohol, this Berliner Rye made with prickly pear tastes like… well, why type it when we could…. [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/61443899" iframe="true" /] Soundtrack: Operation Ivy’s “Unity”