What is the Difference Between a Pale Ale and an IPA?
When reading about beer styles, one quickly realizes that there are no simple answers and that there is no consensus on what defines a particular style. Pale ales and India […]
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Da Beerz – Exploring Chicago’s Beer Scene
Chicago, the City of Brotherly Love! My buddy Paul and I met each other when we attended graduate school together. From the very beginning we built a relationship off of […]
10 Top Summer Games/Sports with Beer!
Once the winter freeze thaws off and the temperature stabilizes above 60, everyone wants to be outside and stay outside. This necessity to be outside has led to the creation […]
What is the Difference Between Ales and Lagers?
If you ask what the difference is between ales and lagers, you will get different responses depending on whom you ask. If you ask beer drinkers, they might tell you […]
Washington Irving
“It is a fair wind that blew men to the ale.” Washington Irving
Shakespeare
“For a quart of ale is a dish for a king.” Shakespeare (Winter’s Tale, Act iv, scene ii)
Ambrose Bierce
“Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.” Ambrose Bierce
Trappist Monk
“In heaven, there is no beer, so we drink it here.” Trappist Monk proverb
MFK Fisher
“Beer should be enjoyed with the right mixture of abandon and restraint.” MFK Fisher
C. Montgomery Burns
“Smithers, this beer isn’t working. I don’t feel any younger or funkier.” C. Montgomery Burns