The DFMM had its monthly meeting at the Stuffed Sandwich. There was a quorum: Tej was there also, but I’m an idiot so I didn’t get him in to the frame. Here is the dramatic proof of his majestic presence: Sam had some good beers going on. Alejandro and I had the Stone 08.08.08 Vertical [...]
Sam is pouring the Ommegang witte this month. Here’s the brewer’s marketing copy: High, white, fluffy summer clouds. A soft breeze through a citrus grove. A heavenly bite of orange chiffon cake. All of these come to your mind as you lift our pale golden wheat ale to your lips. It’s so soft, so light [...]
Do you pine for the good old days days of the ffem when they… did stuff? Perhaps the Freehacker’s Union (“The F.U.” if you’re hep) is for you. The Freehacker’s Union aims to preserve hacking and invention as methods of personal artistic expression. We hate the Business Guy, the Idea Man, the Power Mongers that [...]
Does Wine SpeculatorSpectator have anything useful to say? You be the judge. As part of the research for an academic paper I’m currently working on about standards for wine awards, I submitted an application for a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. I named the restaurant “Osteria L’Intrepido” (a play on the name of a restaurant [...]
The Belgian Beer Festival is currently on at Lucky Baldwin’s. Stop on by either the Olde Towne Pasadena or Sierra Madre location to get your beer on. Runs through the 24th of August.
Courtesy of our friends at WQAD in… somewhere… Universities want lawmakers to consider drinking at 18: Freshmen at Augustana are gearing up for the start of a new experience. But what if turning 18 and entering college carried the right to drink alcohol? Nearly 100 presidents at Universities like Duke, Dartmouth, Ohio State and Syracuse, [...]
Wednesday, August 27th, is beer night. 7pm at the Stuffed Sandwich. Be there or do not.