Wherever you end up on New Year’s Eve, chances are someone’s going to put a glass of yellow fizzy stuff in your hand by about 11:55 p.m. It’s not something to which people tend to give a second thought. Champagne at midnight is “just what’s done.” However, since this is a beer-themed site afterall, it’s
As a lifelong Star Wars fanatic yes, I even like the controversial recent trilogy who was only in middle school when Episode III was released, I find myself looking at the movies through a new lens now that I’m older, and a drinker. When the smugglers and space scum are swilling blond drink in the cantina scene
Drinking beer can cause the mind to wander, and to ponder the important questions of our time. Sometimes it can even lead to intriguing hypotheticals. That’s where I found myself several weeks ago when I was having beers with Matt Kirkegaard, an Australian journalist who covers beer. He asked me, quite seriously: If beer was
Jeff Cioletti has a job that many will envy. He’s a professional drinker. More accurately, he’s a professional writer who focuses on the drinks trade. A long-time magazine editor and journalist (and contributor to All About Beer Magazine), as well as a filmmaker and world traveler, the New Jersey native has just released his
Every May 4, Star Wars fans emerge with full Force from their winter slumber. Star Wars day celebrates not only the legendary Lucas films, but all things nerdy - from comic books to cosplay. Nerd culture and beer culture overlap greatly because of their shared ethos of passion and finding friendship with fellow fanatics. On