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There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills! Breckenridge Distillery
At first, it seems like a typical Colorado mountain town story. Someone finds a gold nugget in the running waters of a mountain stream and within hours it’s a free-for-all with prospectors staking claims under
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Kentucky Bourbon Value
“I was brought up to believe that Scotch whiskey would need a tax preference to survive against Kentucky bourbon.” – Hugo Black Any of you out there that know who Hugo Black is, know
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For the Love of Beer
Imagine a collective of people from all walks of life, gathering together in a city with 40 microbreweries, with one commonality, and that is their love for beer. As I arrived at the hotel
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2011 Great American Beer Festival Preview – Black Star Beer
There are 27 featured breweries for this year’s Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO. Black Star Beer of Whitefish, MT, is one of those featured brews. Black Star Beer started with a simple
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How to have a Healthy Hangover
Every once in a while our human-ness comes out, and we will sometimes overindulge despite our best efforts not to. Or sometimes our efforts to do just that. So how can you undo some
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Cacique
When Zane traveled to Costa Rica on Three Sheets, he tried a local spirit called Guaro. In a blog posting about the episode, he described it as smelling like turpentine and not tasting much
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Hogsback Vintage Lager: A New Reason to Invade Canada
It’s popular for Canadians to pay tribute to historical and cultural imagery through beer. The Unibroue Brewery’s entire lineup is inspired by Quebec legends and historical events. As well as the Sleemans owned Upper
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365 Days of Water, Yeast and Hops – The Beer in Review
It has been a year since the launch of the Drinking Made Easy website, and every other week, I have crafted an entry to be published here. During that time, a bunch of Chilean
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Craft Beer and Charity
Craft Beer and Charity. These two things go together like…well, craft beer and charity. The relationship between craft beer and charity goes back a long way, the biggest way is participation in beer festivals
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Guinness Black Lager with Master Brewer Fergal Murray
As the editor-in-chief of this site, it’s not often that I take the opportunity to use this as a platform to write. One of the things you should know about me, from the get
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