Marketplace - May 14, 2008
Update on my home brewery
A few months ago, I blogged about my first homebrewing experience. Despite a peculiar smell, the first batch turned out OK.
Tags: home brew, Guinness, beer, Lambic, stout, Weiss

Dining - March 14, 2008
Stout adds dash to oatmeal cookies
This St. Patrick's Day, add the luck of the Irish to your favorite cookie recipe.
Tags: St. Patrick's, Guinness, Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout, beer, snake chaser, dragon stout, beamish, bell's, great lakes blackout

Bars & Clubs - March 12, 2008
Lamenting the dragon
I'm a big fan of Guinness, but long before I came to love the Guinness, I was hooked on the dragon. Jamaica's Dragon Stout, that is.
Tags: Desnoes and Geddes, Red Stripe, Dragon Stout, Guinness, C-Club, Nigel Scott, Caribbean Inn

Bars & Clubs - Dec. 21, 2007
Is isinglass in your glass?
Being a devoted drinker of barbera and other wines from Piemonte, I asked my friend Domenico Ravizza of Vicara in Rosignano, Italy, about the use of animal gelatins in wine there.
Tags: Vicara, Domenico Ravizza, Isinglass, Guinness, Barbera, Monferrato

Bars & Clubs - Dec. 19, 2007
Vegetarians: Beware of Guinness beer
I thought I was on a strict veggie diet, but I might have ingested dead fish particles. Oh well.
Tags: Guinness, stout, vegetarian, isinglass, dead fish, McDonald's