Last year, I launched a temporary site for my beer blog: Beer is My Poison. I just relaunched it with a new theme and all new articles. The previous stuff was mostly filler content and was far off from the direction I wanted the site to go.
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April 13, 2009
5 CommentsJager bombs: IPA/red-bull substitutions don’t work!
So we’re just hanging out, and we have the idea to take a few jager bombs. But we had no red bull. “Oh well,” we said. Then my genius self had the idea to substitute Coors Light for the Red Bull. How bad could it be? It’ll probably just be a little bland, couldn’t be [...]
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Chocolate and Beer
Chocolate and beer go together so well. Maybe it’s the way that the carbonation in beer dissolves and snapCracklePops the chocolate in your mouth when it goes down. Or maybe it’s the contrast of flavors. Either way, it’s damn good!
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October 4, 2008
1 CommentThe implied thank you
Some people will only give you an implied thank you. They’ll make promises and such, but they’ll never actually say the words “Thank you.” I tend to actually use the words. Even if a thank you is implied, it never hurts to hear the words. Kinda like the whole ‘i love you’ thing. Remember Patrick [...]
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October 1, 2008
2 CommentsBudweiser American Ale: a review of the new beer and my first impressions
Well I’ve been seeing commercials for Budweiser’s new American Ale for a week or two now, and I’ve been wanting to try it. I’m not a big fan of regular Bud Heavy or Bud Light, although I will drink cans and cans of Bud Light if they’re around. Bud Light in cans fits into a [...]
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July 14, 2008
1 CommentIs Bud still an American Beer?
Now, I am a beer snob. But I do enjoy a hefty amount of canned Bud-Light, especially when playing some music with the guys. Bud-Light is–as my dad referred to it–utility beer. But it looks like Anheuser has been sold to a Belgian company, InBev. So is my utility beer still a staple of the [...]
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The Thirsty Monk :: Tom the Beer Connoisseur
There’s a place in downtown Asheville called The Thirsty Monk. I was initially impressed the number of beers they had on tap. I’m pretty much a beer connoisseur. I love trying new beers, especially imports and microbrews. But I also love a good case of yellow domestic, like Coors Light or Bud Light… but they’re [...]
