Well, here goes...I'm going to try a beer/music review using some of the ideas I was rambling about in yesterday's post. For those of you who missed said post, I will be drinking North Coast Brewing Co.'s Pranqster, while listening to the Notwist's album Neon Golden, and trying to capture the interplay between aural and oral sensations. I'm ( Read more... )

Not really a new hobby, but I've started getting in shape and practicing Shotokan again. and man, am I pathetic at it now ( Read more... )

Blue Heron Pale Ale (Mendocino Brewing Company ( Read more... )

Their Black Lager is SA's rendition of the little-known German lagered beer called Schwarzbier, or 'Black Beer'...ummm...feeling a bit uninspired, people ( Read more... )

Also, anyone who hasn't done so yet should take a look at my redesigned frontpage for the Beerjournal...I spent way too much time on getting the beer-tone palette to look right. I especially like the way the entry boxes and headers look like pints of a nice, sweet, dense-headed stout...not quite dark enough for Guinness, so I may tweak it again at ( Read more... )

I was going to write about one of the beers that I just picked up from the boozin' shop, but I remembered that I've been meaning to write reviews for MBC (Maui Brewing Co.) beers for a while now. And it just so happens that I was at their brewpub just last night, with my friend Claire, from back home in the greater Yelm area. She had their Bikini ( Read more... )