Last week was more than a little crazy, right? There were so many new beers and so many events around St. Patrick’s Day, it almost swallowed us all. But, as I sit here preparing for my seventh consecutive day at work (fear not, off Thursday, gonna work on not one but three stories), I’m reminded…

Well, I survived the drive back from Arizona, so here is the slightly belated Week Ahead. Yeah, as you might expect with the holiday falling on a Friday, St. Patrick’s Day is dominating the week. There will be places with live music, food specials, and, of course, lots of beer releases. There will be plenty…

What is old is new again, or at least that seems to be the closest thing we have to a theme this week. La Cumbre has finally canned one of its original brews that has long been a staple on draft. Marble canned an old-school style as well. Throw in some returning monthly events at…

While some rejoice at the change in seasons from winter to spring, we always end up a little melancholy that dark beer season is coming to an end. But, then we see some of the crushable lagers and big-hopped IPAs on deck, and we feel a little better. Only a little, because damn, allergies, you…

What was once mainly a holiday for New Orleans and surrounding areas, Mardi Gras has spilled over into the mainstream across the country. Some of our breweries didn’t feel like being left out, but let’s face it, drawing big crowds on a Tuesday can be pretty tough (though two listed below will give it a…

After back-to-back quiet weeks, it became rather obvious what the breweries were waiting for, and that would be this weekend. The combination of Sunday’s Super Bowl and Tuesday’s Valentine’s Day leads to a lot of advance events, plus at least one major anniversary party, and some other bits of fun. The beer releases are looking…

Remember when we wrote that last week was looking awfully quiet? It has nothing on this week. The beer releases are sparse, though there a few events to check out. I guess everyone is either gearing up for Super Bowl Sunday, or Valentine’s Day, or both. Either that, or the final toll of Dry January…

The warm glow of a successful WinterBrew now fading behind us, we enter into another little quiet stretch before Super Bowl Sunday and, for the Crew, the return of our Stout Challenge to the big day. Amid the windy days and chilly temperatures outside, those wonderful dark beers truly keep us going at this time…

As most of you probably know by now, our name does not derive from some Star Wars reference, but instead from our love of the darkest beers and blackest metal. So while many tend to fret and hide from the onset of a serious burst of winter weather, we are rather pleased with the gray…