I’m closing in on another milestone number, though 265 is the beer I’m really counting down to. That puts me within the final 100 of this challenge. I’ve consumed beer 265 at this point, so I’m in the home stretch. The real challenge is the fact that there aren’t many more beers I can find… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 236-249: Solid stouts and an awesome Exile
I’m bad at keeping up with writing about these beers. Sorry about that. I’m still drinking, I swear! I had a few freelancing assignments that kept my otherwise occupied. So here we are, back to beering. Beer 226: Toppling Goliath Twisted Galaxy ABV: 8.2% Notes: A very strong imperial IPA (surprise!) from Toppling Goliath. It… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 226-235: Deep space & caffeinated beers
Oh hey, I’m still a music writer, aren’t I? So let’s take a break from beer/Ava posts for the lineup announcement for the Aug. 4-5 festival at the Avenue of the Saints Amphitheater in St. Charles. England’s alt-J and Ryan “Not Bryan” Adams will headline the festival, with a deep lineup of supporting acts: Gary… Read More Hinterland announces alt-J, Ryan Adams, Dwight Yokam and more
For a few months, Ava has been asking about watching “Star Wars.” Ever since her fourth birthday, I’ve been thinking about showing her the movie. That’s the age that I started to really get into “Star Wars,” so it seemed like a good time to introduce it to her. For me, “Star Wars” is always… Read More Ava reviews daddy things: ‘Star Wars’
Two beer posts in a week! Maybe I can get some steam going with this thing. Only 140 more to try, so I need some suggestions. I feel like the last third of this challenge might be the toughest. There’s a Firkin Fest coming up at Flix on Feb. 4, but I’ll have to work.… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 216-225: A very homebrew holiday
It’s been a bit since my last update in this. The holidays happened, plus my new job got busy, so blogging fell by the wayside. Some drinking has still been happening, I just need to catch up with the writing. I’m going to handle this post a bit like the beer festival posts from last… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 201-215: The Return
It’s been a running theme that 2016 was just a horrible, steaming, diaper blister of a year. All the celebrity deaths, plus the election of probably the worst presidential candidate ever (sorry if you’re surprised that I’m not a fan), certainly made it feel like worst year ever. But beyond that, I also spent more… Read More 2016: My year of unemployment
Here it is, another big number post. I feel like I’ve accomplished so much! Despite undertaking this task, I don’t believe my beer consumption has gone up very much. In fact, it’s probably gone down, since sometimes I’ll get the opportunity to have a beer, look at the selection and decline because none of the… Read More 365 Iowa Beers: 192-200: A trip to eastern Iowa part 1
When my wife and I found out we were having a baby back in 2011, I stupidly hoped we would have a boy. My big reasoning was we already had a boy’s name picked out, so if we had a boy there wouldn’t be a difficult naming process. Also, I’m a boy and figured I… Read More Happy 5th birthday to the funniest person I know
I’ve consumed my 200th beer for this challenge, and I’m anxious to write about it, but I’ve fallen a bit behind in that department. I expect my next post will cover that, so I guess this one is like one of those filler episodes of “The Walking Dead.” Something big happened in the last post… Read More 365 Iowa Beers 184-191: FliteBrite & Fox
