Category: Offsite Pieces

  • The Kind of Grandfather I Hope To Be | In Search of Fatherhood

    Wrote a few words tonight on the Daddyblog. I miss writing/recording there, so here’s to making time to start that up again on some type of regular rotation. The Kind of Grandfather I Hope To Be | In Search of Fatherhood

  • Eating Out with Five

    Eating Out with Five

    I wrote about Eating Out with Five [kids] today over on the Daddyblog.

  • Sierra Nevada Mills River

    Sierra Nevada’s new operations in Mill River, NC is a basilica of brewing. A must-visit if you’re anywhere near the area. Last weekend, I was in Asheville, NC for the Beer Bloggers and Writers Conference. The weekend was a great time of talking shop, networking, developing skills, and tasting beer. A particular highlight of the…

  • Real Ale Brewers’ Cut 019: Belgian-Style Pale Ale

    Real Ale Brewers’ Cut 019: Belgian-Style Pale Ale

    Source: Real Ale Brewers’ Cut 019: Belgian-Style Pale Ale Real Ale impresses me with the variety that they produce while hitting the mark the vast majority of the time. My latest review of their Belgian-style pale ale confirms they have done it again.

  • Sierra Nevada 4-Way IPA Pack: Round 2

    Sierra Nevada 4-Way IPA Pack: Round 2

    The next edition of my Sierra Nevada 4-Way IPA Tourney went live this morning. A nice soft Golden IPA versus the rough and tough Ruthless Rye IPA. Head-to-head in 12-oz rounds. Who stays on the mat? Who lives to move on to Round 3? Read the full story over at 365Brew.

  • Sierra Nevada 4-Way IPA Pack: Round 1

    After awhile, IPA after IPA after IPA, they all sort of blend together. Sure, some are smoother than others, but I was getting in a rut. I have a stack of IPAs I wanted to bring to the site, but I was hitting a wall writing about them larger than the IBUs. Sierra Nevada has…