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 [...]

Have you ever awoken in the morning desiring not just your regular cup-o-joe, but rather one with a little “kick” to it?  Something to get the day started off on the “right” note? Sure we’ve all been there and up til now we coffee drinkers have had to rely on the hard stuff to provide [...]

Being back in the nation’s capital means that Thirsty Thursday will be turning its attention to some of the local specialties and brews in DC area.  However, having been absent from the “scene” for 4 ½ years I felt it necessary to cued the area’s resident beer guru Mr. Beerbecue on which first local sud [...]

In every house there are libations that both parties enjoy and libations that one side always states, “I’m not going to drink that, but if that’s your cup-o-tea then have at it.”  Things are no different at the Gluttons, as Liz consistently scoffs at the notion that there is anything redeeming about the smell or [...]

Last year’s west coast round-up of the pumpkin beers turned to be largely a bust, so I was thankful this season to on the east coast and have the ability to interject some fresh blood into our second annual review.  Unfortunately the MO of pumpkin beers continues to be largely useless/unsatisfying attempts to place a [...]

As regular readers of sports-glutton.com know, I’ve long been a fan of Grand Teton Brewery’s Cellar Reserve Series.  So when I heard that the brewery’s most recent Cellar Reserve release of XX Bitch Creek coincided with my most recent camping tour of the Grand Tetons, it was a given that Liz and I would be [...]

While perusing the cold case at Rosauers in Bozeman, Montana I came across the “boxed” specialty brew from Widmer Brothers: Kill Devil Brown Ale.  A short discussion about the sud with the local liver drowning provider of the store’s libations left me cautiously intrigued enough to pony up the $12.99 to conduct my own research [...]