Two. Years. That's how long it's been since I wrote something here. We've bought a new house. Bo has started at a new school (twice) and Max and MJ are still around (thankfully). I took the written Cicerone portion and it went about as well as you would imagine without much studying. This platform helped... Continue Reading →
Just a shade over two months since the last post…
This could be the third or fourth "I'm gonna be better about posting!" post, so I'll spare you the excuses and just treat this as an update more than a revisionist road forward. I looked at my previous post from when I was taking a more serious stab at this and realized that a lot... Continue Reading →
Beer #1: Samuel Adams Summer Ale (2013)
Not drinking a beer tonight because my quest for being unfat continues and I was bad at lunch. In lieu of that, I'll tell you a quick story about how I got into beer. I didn't drink in college, or at my bachelor party, or at my wedding, or my honeymoon. I didn't care for... Continue Reading →
Beer #3609.1: LET’S DO THIS!
One beer review a day. Starting today. Maybe. I hope. I'm going to use a variety of tools here: Untappd: http://www.untappd.com BJCP Beer Scoresheet: https://www.bjcp.org/docs/SCP_BeerScoreSheet.pdf 33 Bottles of Beer: 33books.com These first few will be a bit pedestrian as I continue to prepare for the daunting task of Certified Cicerone.
Beer #3488.1: This is hard
I'm back from vacation but picked up a cold while out of town. My tasting class, which met on Monday, was a struggle. I'm glad it was the Belgians and their wackiness and not the more indistinguishable English or German styles. I need to fully put this cold away and get back to tasting and... Continue Reading →
Beer #3439.5: Blog Start
So it begins