Thursday, March 11, 2010
Featured, Wine

A Wine Room

This is an article we’ve been holding on to for a while but are just now getting up. It’s a good one though and one that you may read once and move on unfazed and then a few months later read again and decide to use the advice. It really depends on where you are [...]

Beer, Featured

American Pale Ale: English Origins but Distinctively American

by John Little
American Pale Ales (APAs) are among the most popular craft beers consumed in the United States. It seems Americans are always driven to do things bigger and better than they’re done in other parts of the world, and producing craft beer is no exception. So, while built upon the tradition of English Pale [...]

Cigars, Featured

J. L. Salazar y Hermanos Reserva Especial Robusto

This was my first venture into this brand. And honestly, I haven’t heard or seen many reviews about it, good or bad. Generally, this turns out to be a good thing, so you don’t end up with some pre-concieved notions about any particular smoke.

Anway, this was also my first experience with a “box pressed” [...]

Site of the Week

Beer Site of the Week

Our selection for the week of 9/28-10/4 is BeerCook.com. There are alot of sites with recipes using beer but we chose Beer Cook because it goes well beyond that. From professional beer cook profiles to a user submitted recipe search. Check it out by clicking here.

Sam Adams Black Lager

Sam Adams Black Lager is the fourth beer style I’ve had from Sam Adams. It is a deep, smooth, dark offering that was a bit of a suprise. It’s color is very similar to coke, black on the counter with a bit of amber when held to the light. It had a nice frothy head. [...]

Montecruz Negra Cubana

Nicaragua
5.50×38
Full
Color: Medium Brown
Shape: Parejo
Size: Petite
I ended up finding this cigar kinda by accident. I found them, on sale, because Montecruz was about to update their logo and merchandising. So the stock that was on-hand had to be liquidated in order to make room for the new, updated version. I bought a box of them for [...]

Upcoming Reviews

We’re about to work on another round of reviews so we are giving you the heads up. We encourage you to do you’re own reviews of these and send them in. We may post some of those in our reviews or excerpts of parts of it. Here’s the list broken up into what else than; [...]

Forum Input

We are about to launch our forums that will allow for you to discuss beer, wine & cigars all in one place. We have our basic forum structure already set but we would love your input. What boards and topics do you want to see in the Beer, Wine & Cigar’s forum? For example, there [...]

Wine Site of the Week

Our selection for the week of 9/14-9/20 is Corkd.com. Cork’d is a free service for reviewing, sharing and discovering wine.
Cork’d is a free service for wine aficionados. You can use Cork’d to catalog, rate and review wines you’ve tasted. You can also keep track of wines you’d like to try and buy as well as [...]

Five Tips for First Time Wine Buyers

1. Ask for Advise. Wine is one of the easiest items to get advise on before buying. If you’re buying from a wine shop then be sure to ask for help. At any good wine shop they will generally ask you for a few of your favorite tastes and smells or a few other similar [...]

Beer Site of the Week

Our selection for the week of 9/14-9/20 is FreeTheHops.org | Alabamians For Specialty Beer. As you may or may not know there are several states that have bans or limits on what beers can be legally sold within their borders. Free the Hops is the website created by those in Alabama and those friendly [...]

Bargain on Cigars & Small Humidor

Cigars International has a great deal on eight premium cigars plus a small humidor for only $15. This offer expires on October 15, 2008. To get the special price, just follow the link in about.com’s Cigar Forum.
Here’s the copy from CI on the deal:
A first class, introductory humidor + cigar offer.If you like handmade cigars, [...]

Amazon.com to Start Selling Wine

Amazon.com plans to launch a new website devoted exclusively to wine in the next month. Consumers in 25 states, constituting three-quarters of the U.S. population, will be able to buy wines at the site by the end of October, with expansion to other states planned for the future.
Here are two articles that give a bit [...]

Wine Tasting with Gary Vaynerchuk & Kevin Rose



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