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Beer of the Day: Clipper City’s Heavy Seas Rye Porter

By Greg B. As part of Clipper City Brewery’s 22oz bomber series of beers, over a year ago they opened up the competition to local homebrews. The call went out to brew an interesting, tasty ...

B&O American Brasserie’s First Annual Crab Bash

By Greg B. Normally, I like to put more of a personal touch on these types of press release announcements. But as I’m very busy at the moment, I’ll let you all sort through this ...

Beer of the Day: Westvleteren 12

By Greg B. For the beer geek, there are a few beer experiences that must be undertaken. If you really like beer, at some point you’ll probably try to brew your own. At some point ...

Quick summer dessert post: fried plantains

By Greg B. Desserts are not usually my favorite. All that sugary sweetness, sticky caramel and tooth covering fatty sugar foods really make me prefer another slice of bison or helping of roasted vegetables (roasted ...

The B&O American Brasserie: An excellent, upscale place for a relaxed drink

By Greg B. The summer is here in full force, and while I’ve been off working in Europe my friends back here in Baltimore tell me the heat and humidity are here to stay. So ...

We need to drop the Cuban embargo NOW!

by Tom M. I recently returned from a relaxing trip to Bermuda (more on that in another post to come) and one of the many treasures to be had on this island paradise are Cuban ...

Practical wine drinking for summer: Yellow + Blue

By Harriet Summer is here and the heat is so suffocating that the only place I can face to be outside right now is out by the pool, with a cool, refreshing beverage. However, quite sensibly ...

Blackened Trout & Victory’s Hop Devil

By Greg B. I haven’t done much in the way of pairing beer with food recently, so I thought I’d like to share one particular recipe with you that turned out quite nicely. As the ...

Tarara Winery: Viognier in Virginia

By Harriet The first glass of Viognier appeared in the parking lot as we piled onto the back of a tractor. It was cloudy; this was Viognier straight from the barrel and it tasted surprisingly good. Viognier ...

Off to Europe! Any Beer & food recommendations while I’m away?

By Greg B. Well, I’m headed off to Europe again. And while I only managed to get 1 real post from my 3 weeks in Europe last fall (sorry folks! I swear, I’ll try to ...