I am a known beer snob but I am also a pumpkin pie snob as well, it is one of my all time favorite seasonal treats but I hate most of them if that makes sense. I love pumpkin pie but only the pumpkin pie that my mom and I make because we reduce the cinnamon in the recipe. All pumpkin pie recipes call for pumpkin pie spice and cinnamon which in my opinion is way too much ...
5 Spooky Board Games for Halloween
Here are our top 5 favorite spooky board games that are perfect for Halloween. Number 1. Betrayal at House on the Hill 3-6 players 1hr+ age 12+ Turn out the lights, light some candles, put on some spooky background music and scare the hell out of your tweens, at least that is what did one night! Betrayal at House on the Hill is the perfect game to break out for a spooky ...
3 Sheeps Tap Room, Sheboygan Wisconsin
A friend of ours works at the 3 Sheeps tap room out in Sheboygan Wisconsin and we finally had a chance to hang out with them and try some great beers. This place is the essence of local Wisconsin beer drinking, from the gravel parking lot to the wooden picnic benches it just screams “hey come over relax and have a beer”! I was in love right away and I hadn’t even tried a ...
Craft Beer Birthday Adventure
If you have a craft beer lover on your hands then a craft beer birthday adventure is a must! I had a really awesome time this year and it was all thanks to my amazing wife. She was the one that suggested this beer adventure which took us to four different stops, including two taprooms and a brew pub. I was able to enjoy a lot of different beers from brewers all over the country ...
Loving the New Old Music Trend
I am having so much fun with all the new old music that is coming out right now! First Blink 182 came out with their new album California which is really amazing, now there are two more old bands that are coming out with some new music. I heard the new Green Day song "Bang Bang" and was instantly transported right back to the days before before American Idiot. They went right ...
Spiegelau IPA Glass and Why You Need One
So when I first started out with craft beers I quickly learned from others that you need to drink beer from a glass. I thought ok I will start pouring them out and man what a taste difference it was. Now I have moved onto having a specific glass for each type of beer, now I know that some might scoff at this still but it really does make a difference. Now that I have entered ...
Craft Beer is Art
Craft beer is art and I really love the fact that things are trending this way. Art is interpreted differently by each individual that observes it as craft beer should also be interpreted. Blurring the lines between styles is just the next logical step in finding that next great beer and I hope that breweries keep on experimenting and finding more and more delicious ...
Taste V.S Style
When I look at beer reviews after I enter a new beer into Untappd and I see things like “this beer does not have the right IBU range to be classified as an IPA” and then they give it a bad rating it really drives me nuts. Especially when it tasted great and I really enjoyed it, that’s when I actually get upset about it. For me there really is no comparison, taste outweighs ...
How to Introduce Friends to Craft Beer
So technically I am not that technical when it comes to beer. You have your ABV’s and your IBU’s and some other jargon that people who are real beer geeks can really get into. I am talking to you uber beer snobs who need these numbers to help determine what a good beer should be. Now I am not saying that there is anything wrong with these numbers or people who really get into ...
Hinterland Erie Street Gastropub
Recently we headed to Milwaukee for Summerfest and before hand we decided to explore the 3rd ward. This up and coming area of the city is an awesome place to spend a few hours. There is the Milwaukee Public Market which you could easily get lost in for an hour along with tons of other shops, pubs, and restaurants. The area was an industrial graveyard that has since been ...
Craft Beers from Hinterland Brewing
We stopped in at the Hinterland Erie Street Gastropub down in Milwaukee’s 3rd ward which is such a great area. I was really excited to try some beer from Hinterland brewing and I was not disappointed by any of the beers that I sampled. Let the sampling begin! Sample we did, and oh there were some really tough choices. First I tried their nitro IPA which was a really solid beer ...