Ever since my days of schlepping wine for the man, I’ve been a fan of comparison tastings.  The sampling of multiple vintages of the same wine or different styles of a particular varietal can be extremely illuminating for one’s palate to the subtle and not so subtle differences of a wine from year to year [...]

Beer bums in the greater Salt Lake City area and beyond have come to know and appreciate the small batch creativity of Epic Brewing’s Exponential Series.  The series is an ever growing selection of unique variations on traditional and non-traditional beer styles that are never lacking in character. During my most recent excursion, or stumble [...]

Sometimes there are ideas that you come across and think: “That’s a stroke of genius and/or Why didn’t I come up with that?” This is how I felt back in December of 2010 upon hearing of the newest adult novelty product “Cream,” a flavored whipped cream infused with 15% alcohol. The concept is so simplistic; [...]

Carrying over from our holiday higher end wine recommendations, Thirsty Thursday delivers another very special wine for the Glutton family: Robert Keenan’s 2007 Cabernet Franc. Since my days in the wine business, I’ve been a supporter of/indulger in Keenan wines.  Located in the sleepy Spring Mountain District of Napa Valley (just west of St. Helena), [...]

Over the course of my nomadic wanderings across America and Germany, I’ve consumed my fair share of black lagers, or Schwarzbiers.  It’s a lager style of that makes one want to “give into their feelings” and join the “Dark Side” of the force.  Schwarzbiers make being bad, feel oh so good. So when the newest [...]

Covering the AT&T National Pro Am this week hasn’t stopped my palate from enjoying a few adult libations of choice. However, traveling and attempting to construct poetic proses about alcohol isn’t necessarily one of my strengths. Therefore, I’ve called upon the experts in the ways of spirits to handle this week’s edition of Thirsty Thursday: [...]