Do you love maple syrup? Of course you do. Perhaps you don’t love it as much as Vince Vaughn does in Wedding Crashers, but there’s not a lot to dislike about the sweet tree sap. But what about maple beer? Personally I’ve heard of and written about stranger things such as that abomination of a [...]

Ever since the leaves turned and the temperatures dropped Thirsty Thursday been fixated on reviewing darker richer beers to keep your motor chugging during the winter months.  But today we’re mixing it up with two completely different beers from Japan: The Hitachino Nest Japanese Classic Ale and Red Rice Ale. Made by the nearly 200 [...]

Every so often a man has no choice in what libation he consumes…well at least a married man.  Such was the case a few nights back, when my better half decided it was my best interest to research a beer that was unknown to us: New Belgium’s Imperial Coffee Chocolate Stout. Part of the Colorado [...]

Our reflections on the year that was 2012 on sports-glutton.com continues today with each contributor’s favorites libations from those reviewed/recommended in our Thirsty Thursday posts.  Included in my selections is a wine that I found so impressive it left me with no other recourse except to call it Thirsty Thursday’s Wine of the Year. And [...]

Simplistic well named libations with seemingly plain labels can be just as enticing as those flashy ones which someone dropped way more money than necessary on a graphic designer in order to push a few more bottles.  Such was the case for me with Goose Island’s Big John, which I came across while rumbling through [...]

Turkey Day libations research here at the Institute for Gluttony got blogged down in grape juice and we were never able to move onto frothy suds.  Fortunately though we have Mr. Beerbecue to be our guiding light when contemplating whether or not to indulge in a hoppy, malty, or yeasty affair with your holiday feast. [...]

Do you know what sorgham is? I didn’t until my most recent trek across America when I encountered the endless fields of the African grain along I-70.  Principally used as a livestock feed, the colorful plant grain is also as a substitute for wheat and barley to create gluten-free foods, etc. and Kansas produces more sorgham than [...]