Charles Baudelaire, “Get Drunk!”
We have continued to think about Edgar Allen Poe’s “Lines on Ale” since writing our post about it. So, we…
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Cheap Beer Cheese Recipe
Who does not like beer cheese? After all, it is processed cheese goodness that can easily be spread on crackers….
Georg August Krug, Milwaukee Brewer
Georg August Krug was born April 15, 1815, in Miltenberg, in the grand duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, which would eventually become…
Ice Fishing and Beer
Ice fishing. You head out to the middle of nowhere, far from cell coverage and work, and you hang out in a snug shelter with good friends and a copious beer. What could possibly go wrong except running out of beer?
The Origins of Prohibition
In the United States, the idea of prohibiting the sale and/or consumption of alcohol had first emerged alongside the religious…
Pizza and Beer
People have been making flatbread topped with olive oil, herbs, and spices – and probably cheese – for millennia. But…
Edgar Allen Poe’s “Lines on Ale”
In the last year of his life, Edgar Allen Poe penned a poem to pay a bar tab. And, since the verse happens to be about drinking beer, we figure to share some of the details with you, dear reader.
Arnold of Soissons
Arnold of Soissons (or Arnulf of Oudenberg) is considered the patron saint of hop pickers and beer brewers. He also happens to be a Catholic saint, canonized on January 6, 1120 by Pope Callixtus II.
National Hangover Day
After a night of heroic drinking on New Year’s Eve, when bars usually stay open until dawn and even pros…
Busch Light Bush Lights for the Holidays
The holidays are happy times in cheap beer land. Of course, they provide more opportunities to throw back some inexpensive…
