Caffeine or Alcohol? Life Choices are Hard, Yo
Coffee and beer. It’s a direct contradiction in terms of motivation and effect. Most people drink coffee because it’s a stimulant. It’s what gets me moving in the morning. Without it I’m about as...
View ArticleDialing it Back: A Seasonal Tale
I drank a lot of delicious beers this summer. In that sense, yes, it was a great summer. You’d think that for all of the delicious IPA’s, stouts, porters, pale ales, lagers, and ales I knocked back,...
View ArticleDrinkers Who Geek
One of your friendly Barley Prose bloggers has joined the ranks of Geeks Who Drink quizmasters! I finished my last training quiz last night at WhichCraft Brews in Webster, NY, and I’m hoping to get a...
View ArticleThe Seasons Change, The Beer Remains Delicious
Is it fall now? Society as a whole basically says Labor Day denotes when summer ends, if not when fall starts. Particularly in the Northeast where schools mostly start right after Labor Day. Back to...
View ArticleAn Imprecise Beer Journey in Europe
Because I’m as much a sucker for a three-minute punch of guitar rock and harmony as a I am for a cold beer, I occasionally find myself visiting a blog site called Powerpopaholic to discover new music....
View ArticleEndless Horizon: An Enormously Satisfying Collaboration
“1234” by Feist currently has in excess of 101 million plays on Spotify (generating fistfuls of Canadian bucks in royalties, too, I hope). It’s a simple song about an innocent love in the rear-view...
View ArticleSome Rambling Thoughts About Beer
I have lots of thoughts about beer. Perhaps too many thoughts. Even though I run a beer blog, I don’t typically think these thoughts in easily organized fashion, or I think them in in-opportune places...
View ArticleYou Know Those IPA’s That Are Like, Double IPA’s, You Know?
(Hat tip to the Simpsons, and Otto, for the phrasing of the title of this blog post. ) I’m here to once again bring you a series of platitudes about beer drinking. And that, my friends, is this....
View ArticleBeer’s Great Companion: The Pretzel
Beer and pretzels. Great combo, classic combo even. I think the dryness of the baked bread and the wetness of the, well, the drink, is what draws them together. This isn’t the podcast Gastropod or...
View ArticleInaugural Barley Prose Beersport: Oktoberfest Edition
The name of the game is Beersport – two beers enter, one beer leaves. Beersport. The return of Beersport! Made famous by J.R. Shirt on BeerGraphs and on the Drinking With Shirt Podcast. Feel free to...
View ArticleReports from the Wild: Ellicottville Brewing Company Super Duper Jelly...
I’m happy to bring you another updater from our intrepid gal on the mean streets of Buffalo, the indefatigable Breezer Marieezer (follow her on Instagram here!), sampling the Ellicottville Brewing...
View ArticleOde To Overflow
An overflowed beer glass can be a beautiful thing It may happen when you toast mugs with the king The foam cascades down But there’s no need to frown Don’t fret the bad pour We can always brew more...
View ArticleThe Darkest Beer Holiday
It’s time again for the winter solstice and time again to drink the darkest beer for the darkest days. Let’s make this one a tribute to Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Chocolate Stout. A true classic. A...
View ArticleBrewery Review: Freight Yard Brewing, Clay, NY
I’m really the type of person to listen and pay attention to the signs out there. Not street signs, although I pay attention to those too, best as I’m able. I mean an omen. A signal, telling me that...
View ArticleA Quick Look Inside My Fridge
Peeking at the on deck circle for Ceetar's drinking lineup.
View ArticleA Completely Uninformed Super Bowl Esque Rant About Bud Light Seltzer
Hard seltzer is a thing. Why is it a thing? It’s bubble water with a kick! I don’t understand. No no, don’t tell me. This isn’t that post, this is a rant. Don’t muddy it up with facts and reasoned...
View Article“On The Gargle,” a beer blogger’s tour of Dublin
I am fortunate enough to have a job that affords me some travel opportunities. To date, those trips have all been domestic ones, but, finally, an opportunity arose for me to travel to Dublin for a...
View ArticleWhat Have We Learned? (Spoiler: Belgian Beers are Fucking Gross!)
Well, so far, 2020 has been a real punch to the anus. Not gonna sugar coat it. Barley Prose isn’t exempt, either, as we’ve managed just four sad posts for the entire calendar year to date. On behalf...
View ArticleBeer Review: Barnes & Noble’s Three Barrel Beer: “The Future of Beer”
This my weekly column of beer reviews. Every Friday, I’ll be reviewing a new beer from a brewery that I am aware of, but I haven’t yet reviewed. I’ll be reviewing a “side project” beer from a brewery I...
View ArticleBeer Review: Mugwort Finley w/ 1 oz.
This my weekly column of beer reviews. My objective is to try and find the beers that I like, in order to write a review. I will use the new BeerAdvocate database to do the legwork. I will also use the...
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