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 [...]

Prior to the days of refrigeration, summer was traditionally Hefeweizen season in Germany.  But while the Bavarians enjoyed their Weissbiere, Berliners preferred their own style of wheat beer known as Berliner Weisse.  Named the “Champagne of the North” by Napoleon, Berliner Weisse is a sour, tart, citrusy beer that is traditionally served with either a [...]

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 [...]

Thirsty Thursday returns this week with the perfect beer to satisfy your palate and keep you warm during the chilly holiday season…Grand Teton Brewing Company’s 2011 Coming Home Ale. From our favorite brewery in the land of potatoes and hops, this Tripel Belgian-Style Golden Ale is another great addition to Grand Teton’s Cellar Reserve Series [...]

Our Labor Day celebration required some appropriately festive libations to quench the thirst and satisfy the palates, and during holiday weekends the Glutton household usually aims for the alcohol trifecta (beer, wine, liquor for the drinking novice).  We started off with something that Sweet Caroline shared last week on her blog, the Moscow Mule. Described as deceptive and delicious, I failed [...]