Beer + Cake = AWESOME!

Beer + Cake = AWESOME!

A friend of mine, Erin Schaefgen, makes very cool cakes. These cakes are so cool in fact, she should have her own TV cake show. Her cakes could easily compare to Ace of Cakes or Cake Boss. She just started her own cake business called Three Little Blackbirds, and as...
The ritual of drinking

The ritual of drinking

Corona Lime There are several reasons offered for why the lime is added to the neck of a Corona bottle, none of which have any credence.  The main reasons suggested for the lime are masking the light struck odors, protecting the lip of the beer from bugs big and...
My goodness, my Guinness!!

My goodness, my Guinness!!

A lone thief entered the Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland and escaped with 450 kegs of beer.  This was the largest known heist from the brewery in their 248 years of doing business. The thief drove in with a truck, attached his truck to a trailer awaiting delivery,...
Guinness Red??

Guinness Red??

Guinness is launching a new lighter beer called Guinness Red this September.  The new beer uses lighter barley to produce a lighter red color.  The result is a “smoother and sweeter” version of Guinness.  The beer has been in trials across the U.K. since...