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Beer vs. Book – Moby D Ale vs. Moby Dick [video]

I present the second of what I hope to be a long-running series: Book vs. Beer. The premise is simple. We (me and Gordon Highland) find beers that have literary origins. Then we talk about the beer as well as the source material.

For this second episode we discuss Moby D Ale (from Buzzards Bay Brewing) and Moby Dick, the novel by Herman Melville. (more…)

November 23, 2014
Book Vs. Beer – Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout vs Shakespeare, Playwright [video]

I present the first of what I hope to be a long-running series: Book vs. Beer. The premise is simple. We (me and Gordon Highland) find beers that have literary origins. Then we talk about the beer as well as the source material. (more…)

August 2, 2014
TBR + TBD: To Be Read + To Be Drunk | July 2014 [video]
What I read:
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (just a few dozen pages left, so I’m considering it a win)
- Radium Girls by Amanda Gowin
What I’ll be reading:
- White Noise by Don DeLillo (seriously this time)
- Incarnations by Chris Deal
What I’ll be drinking:
- Rubaeus Raspberry Ale from Founders Brewing Co.
- Love Child #4 from Boulevard Brewing Co.
- Championship Ale from Boulevard Brewing Co.
- Imperial Biscotti Break from Evil Twin
- Imperial Doughnut Break from Evil Twin
July 7, 2014
TBR + TBD: To Be Read + To Be Drunk | June [video]
It’s June. How did I do with my May TBR+TBD? And what do I have planned for June? Watch to find out.

What I’ll be reading:
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (still)
- The Humor Code: A Global Search for What Makes Things Funny by Peter McGraw , Joel Warner (almost finished)
- White Noise by Don DeLillo
- Radium Girls by Amanda Gowin
What I’ll be drinking:
- Avery Anniversary Twenty One from Avery Brewing
- Milk Stout from Duck-Rabbit
- Imperial Stout from Samuel Smiths
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter from Horny Goat
June 9, 2014
TBR + TBD: To Be Read + To Be Drunk | May [video]
I’ve never done a To Be Read video. Why? I don’t care for them as a viewer, so I felt somewhat false in trying to project excitement for caring for them as a creator. However, I think I’ve found a way to easy my conscious. Introducing: To Be Read + To Be Drunk, in which I tell you the books I’ll be reading as well as the beers I’ll be drinking. Enjoy.

What I’ll be reading:
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- White Noise by Don DeLillo
What I’ll be drinking:
- Steel Toe Stout from Ska Brewing
- Samaels from Avery Brewing
- Huge Arker from Anderson Valley Brewing
- Raspberry Imperial Three Blind Mice from Mother’s Brewing
- Lil’ B from Evil Twin Brewing
May 4, 2014
How to Pour the Perfect Pint of Beer…and have a 3 way in the process [video]

A riff on the cheesey classroom filmstrips of the 1950s-60s wherein we learn how to pour the perfect pint of beer from a bottle. Also, you may learn a few tips on how to pick up women…bottle-shaped women.

March 8, 2014