irish stout

Right now, everyone is in the midst of Mardi Gras Madness, which is cool. Who doesn't love drinking in the streets waiting for a nice stranger to throw you a hot dog and some beads? But while all that is going on, I'm plotting and planning for my favorite Holiday: St. Patrick's Day! And I prefer to celebrate St. Paddy's in the old, Catholic tradition of getting liquored up and making piss poor dec

Beer : (noun) 1: a general name for alcoholic beverages made by fermenting a cereal (or mixture of cereals) flavored with hops. 2: necessary for the livlihood of mankind and damned delicious. Ok, that second one is mine...but true nonetheless.  I started brewing my home beer after a wonderful gift from my mother-in-law (they aren't ALL bad).  I got a Mr. Beer kit which makes about two gallons eve