If you happen to be walking thru an art museum and see a work of art where someone in the painting is holding a beer or it contains a scene of jovial people drinking some alcoholic beverage, look at the date. If the year starts with ’16’, then you can safely bet a six-pack of … More Drunken Masterpieces: A New Series Begins
I look back at the downside of 2017, what I learned about myself, and the advice I’d give my daughter. … More 2017 Hasn’t Always Been Brewtiful
Imagine for a moment you were a French monk in the late 1800’s. A century has passed since the French Revolution took down the monarchy. At worst, you were thought of as a threat and symbol of the religious stranglehold that the monarchy once held over the people and therefore you should be eradicated. At … More Beer & Bike: The Two Dutch Trappists
In the far north of the Limburg province of Belgium, literally a stone’s throw from the border of the Netherlands sits the Abbey of Saint Benedict. This is not just any ordinary abbey. The Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis is one of the world’s eleven official Trappist breweries and the smallest in Belgium. Today was possibly … More Beer & Bike: Trappist Achel
