Is there any aspect of sport more gripping than a hockey fight? Gloves tossed on the ice act as starting flags. The crowd rises and roars. The pugilists involved twirl around the rink in a flurry of yanked jerseys and swinging fists. What’s amazing is that this behavior is permitted…
wynkoop.comBeer: Rocky Mountain Oyster Stout Brewery: Wynkoop Brewing Co. Style: Foreign Export Stout ABV: 7.5 percent This week’s beer is…huuurrrp. Excuse me. Um, this week’s beer…HLEEAAHHHurkurkBLLEAAHH! Sorry, I just threw up in my mouth a little bit. Let’s get a little distance between us and that picture, shall we? :)…
To those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick’s Day is a time of spiritual renewal and prayer for missionaries across the world. How dull.We’d like to think that St. Patrick, the guy who brought Christianity to Ireland, would much prefer his namesake holiday involved a party, starting with the…
Beer: Indra Kunindra Brewery: Ballast Point Brewing Co. Style: Foreign Export Stout ABV: 7 percent As we learned last week, some beers taste odd due to storage issues, dirty equipment, or poor brewing technique. Some beers, however, taste weird by design. See also: – Old World Brewery – You “Must”…
A word often flung around the beer-rating websites on which I sometimes dwell is homerism. The term has a broad definition, but most basically it means support for a local brewery that goes beyond what said brewery deserves. It’s most often used by people from states outside a certain brewery’s…
There’s only one thing to play for when you’re last place in your division, at the bottom of your conference, and have lost twice as many basketball games as you’ve won: pride. As of this writing, the Phoenix Suns are 17-36. Their Wednesday, March 6, opponents, the Toronto Raptors, are…
To look at it from afar, it would seem that the rivalry between beer drinkers and wine drinkers is as heated as the stink between, say, the Hatfields and the McCoys, or Duke and UNC. Oenophiles turn up their noses at the uncultured rubes chugging what they see as swill;…
On October 2, 1980, when Muhammad Ali came out of retirement for a match against Larry Holmes, a 14-year-old Mike Tyson was watching. Surrounded by his boxing trainers and fellow athletes, Tyson looked on with shock as Holmes unmercifully beat the invincible Ali. The next day, Tyson’s trainer got Ali…
Happy Arizona Beer Week, drinkers! Have you mapped out your schedule yet? There’s a lot to see, do and imbibe in the next few days — it’s a busy, beautiful time to be a beer lover. It’s also impossible to focus on just one beer during a time like this,…
As New Times employees, it’s part of our journalistic duties to investigate trends, and we’ll gladly put our skills to work at this year’s Body Art Expo, the world’s largest showcase of tattoo artists and lovers. Want us to do a story about one of the more than 300 top…
With more than 100 tastings, tappings and opportunities to tipple taking place throughout Arizona Beer Week, one must schedule his time wisely for maximum drinking. These are the events you’ll find us at — and the beers we’ll be drinking there. See also: – Arizona Strong Beer Festival at Steele…
Beer: Hop Bomber India Pale Ale Brewery: Grand Canyon Brewing Co. Style: American IPA ABV: 7.5 percent One of my major complaints about Arizona’s breweries is that they seem afraid to innovate. For all the different breweries in the state, the consumer still has very few Belgian ales to choose…
If you’re anything like us, when the interstellar athletes competing in the Ironman Triathlon descend upon the Valley each fall, you think, “I should do something like that.” But again, if you’re anything like us, a two-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and marathon-run sandwich would literally kill you. May we…
On pretty much every day of the year, showing your boobs to some stranger in exchange for jewelry probably would be highly illegal (or at least morally questionable). But during Mardi Gras, you’d be rude not to partake in some public nudity. What a special time of year.The Downtown Phoenix…
Beer: Racer 5 Brewery: Bear Republic Brewing Co. Style: American IPA ABV: 7 percent Brewing beer and distilling whiskey are closely related enterprises. To make beer, all you need to do is add yeast to a boiled blend of malted barley and hops called wort. To make whiskey, you take…
Because you’re happy. Because you’re sad. Because you just got promoted. Because you just got fired. Because you’re lonely. Because you’re out with friends. Because your girlfriend just dumped you. Because you’re trying to get laid. Because you’re golfing. Because you’re at the game. Because a steak just doesn’t taste…
Flickr.com Beer: Budweiser Black Crown Brewery: Anheuser-Busch, Inc. Style: Amber lager ABV: 6 percent At the bar where I work, the most-requested beer we don’t stock isn’t Russian River Pliny the Elder. It’s also not Three Floyds Dark Lord, or Westvleteren 12, or New Glarus Spotted Cow, or anything from…
Our roommate’s dog, Dojo, could be a great dog — if he didn’t pee in the house every day. Every. Day. We love the little guy. But if we have to clean dog piss off the bed one more time, we might “accidentally” abandon him in the middle of the…
bellsbeer.comBeer: Sex Panther Brewery: SanTan Brewing Co. Style: Porter ABV: 6.9 percent I don’t know how no other brewery snatched up the name “Sex Panther” before SanTan did, but I’m ecstatic they all missed out, because now I get to pepper this review with Anchorman quotes. Thank you, other breweries’…
If you wanted, we could tell you all about the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione. We could bore with specs about its short wheelbase, its 290-horsepower, 295cc SOHC V-12 engine fed by three Weber 40 DCE/6 carburetors, and how it passes power to the rear wheels via an…
At this point halfway into January, we check in with intrepid contributor Zach Fowle, who’s made a commitment to go without alcohol for the first 31 days of the new year. Here’s his Drynuary update, by the numbers: See also: – Drynuary: Zach Fowle Vows to Give Up Beer for…
bellsbeer.com Beer: HopslamBrewery: Bell’s Brewery,Inc.Style: Imperial IPAABV: 10 percent See also: – Rogue Voodoo Doughnut Chocolate, Peanut Butter and Banana Ale – Ballast Point Victory at Sea. Not to get you guys all excited, but Bell’s, the best damn brewers in all of Kalamazoo County, posted this on their blog…
