If I could live the greatest sexual fantasy in the world, it would combine the romance of beer and chocolate on Valentine’s Day with the seductive lust of oysters and stout by the time we rolled into Fat Tuesday.
Woman on the Scene
New Beers Resolutions
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This ain’t no ball & chain, baby!
Philadelphia’s stunning light-show embraces the sky along the Schuylkill Expressway at night. Despite the moaning and groaning traffic delays, my breath is always momentarily halted by the sight of Boat House Row, the Art Museum, and Philly’s skyscrapers – from the Comcast Center and Liberty Place to the ever-changing Cira Centre and the granite twins of Commerce Square. Read more…
Does Craft Beer Passion Lead to Promiscuity?
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What’s a girl to do during the late autumn and winter warmer season?
I seem to fall in love as late autumn rolls into winter … not that I find anything terribly romantic about Pilgrims. No, no. In actuality, it must be that last crunch of leaves under-foot, a crisp chill in the air as the seasons wind down, smelling of dampened earth and ripening apples. I’m a bit promiscuous at this time of the year. How could a girl possibly be loyal to one, with so many wildly vibrant beasts awaiting discovery each night?
Standing amidst all those strong figures with coppery bronze bodies or gleaming black middles, I find it hard to choose without exploring every nuance. I want to indulge in them all, each one making my lips tingle, brimming with spice. Some call themselves Seasonals, and others, Winter Warmers, but each one heats-up with a unique style. I want them all. Women who love craft beer are like that. Read more…
Play With Your Food
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A Sensory Education from Monell.
Warning: this article may contain terminology that you might not even try to pronounce in your own head.
When we describe beers consumed, we might use words such as, “bittersweet chocolate, chicory or grapefruit.” What we’re really doing is describing how the beer smells. The majority of what you think you are tasting, is actually what you are smelling. Combine the taste, the aroma, and the mouthfeel and you’re now talking about the overall flavor of the substance. Read more…
Blonde Bombshells of Summer
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He sat back, fixated on that lean, bronze body – a little lighter than bronze, actually. His mind whirled, sucking in every detail of this glamorous sex object, beaded up with sweat and wrapped in a fluffy white swirl of the finest gossamer lace. Women wanted to be her, while men wanted to be with her. Gutsy, flirtatious and quenching. Crisp in the mouth, with a streak of danger that announced her rebellious and satiating nature, reminiscent of Marilyn Monroe, the classic bombshell blonde. Read more…
Secondary Fermentation
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Before they were brewers.
Christopher Walken tamed lions, Gwen Stefani whipped up blizzards at Dairy Queen, while Queen Latifah salted fries at Burger King. Jerry Seinfeld sold light bulbs over the phone. He’s now the world’s highest-grossing comedian.
Some of our favorite brewers were setting up sprinkler systems and inputting codes on Apple IIc’s before they got bit by the homebrewing bug and embraced the thrill of risk and reward by changing careers. They decided to turn a hobby into a paycheck. Or should I say, hopeful paycheck.
One of Philadelphia’s favorite breweries wouldn’t exist if Tom Baker didn’t pull the plug on his career in computer programming after 11 years and start Heavyweight in 1999. His wife Peggy, also a programmer, and Baker closed Heavyweight in New Jersey and opened Mt. Airy’s Earth Bread + Brewery in September of 2008. Read more…
From Intercourse to Climax
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Take a titillating journey of climactic proportions and arrive at beer euphoria.
In 2008, Nicole Courides had just graduated from Rider University in central New Jersey and thought Intercourse was something she wanted to share with more than a handful of colleagues. Public Relations were her forte. “I took a trip to Dutch Wonderland in Lancaster County,” said Courides, “and fell in love with Intercourse.” Peppered with her journalistic creativity, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a love of beer, she founded Intercourse Brewing Company. As she stroked her plans, they firmed up; but she soon realized that “Intercourse was a dry town,” and she would need to move to the decadence of the cities to create her first foursome of beer – one with all the pleasures from Mount Joy Light to Bareville Pils, and onward to Paradise Pale and Blue Ball Porter. Her beer mats set the mood with such phrases as “Right now, I’m having Intercourse,” and “I’m ready for more Intercourse.” Read more…
A Year of Beer!
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With 2010 coming to a close, Suzanne Woods takes us through the scene’s most memorable events.
January
The year was off to a good start. You could finally get your groceries and a growler to go. Whole Foods in Plymouth Meeting, opened for business and houses the Cold Point Pub, serving beer as well as wine. A young man rescued 12 days after the Haiti earthquake that shook and crushed the poorest city in the Western Hemisphere, shares that he survived on beer and biscuits until his rescue. Read more…
Traversing (and Tweeting) Part II
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The beer scene of Michigan and beyond, continued.
DAY FOUR
We headed north to the Traverse City Beer Fest. This would be only the second festival in seven years in which I had been a guest without singing the song behind the booth for five hours. Traverse City is covered with breweries (and cherries). Right Brain, Shorts, another Blue Tractor, and now another Jolly Pumpkin Brewery and Distillery are there. It rained all day. It was quite cold. Usually, I am anti-flip flop. It was the first time all year I wore them. I was freezing and I was still feeling the wrath of the Hop Cat. They had a great rock-a-billy band with a lead singer that kept all the gents away from the beer booths for a while.
Traversing (and Tweeting) Part 1
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The beer scene of Michigan and beyond.
Besides day trips to New York, or work-related trips, I realized in August of last year I hadn’t taken a real vacation in five years. I decided to go to Michigan. Yes, Michigan. I had been enjoying the beers for years. I remember my first bottle of Bells Double Cream Stout at Ten Stone in 2004. I remember the first time I had ever heard of Aaron Morse’s blueberry stout out of Marshall.
