I’ve read the WSJ’s “Tastings” column on and off over the years and I’ve always enjoyed how matter-of-fact they are about what a wine tastes like even for bottles that were way out of my price range. The final column ran last week and I especially enjoyed this bit about what really makes a wine [...]

This is a reeeally nice summer beer. I approach seasonal beers cautiously because I find that brewers tend to get a little too experimental when they’re putting limited batches together. Summer beers usually end up too heavy on the wheat for my taste, but the Harpoon Summer Beer is just a clean, simple beer. I [...]

This is a damn fine beer. The Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA is like a hopped-up version of their regular Pale Ale but it doesn’t give your mouth the painful bitter taste you can get from other mega-hopped beers. I’m not usually the biggest fan of over-hopped beers but there is something in this one [...]

Keeping in tune with my Get It Local mantra these days, i have become enamored with the beans from the good people at Blanchard’s Coffee Company. We are hooked on their Dark As Dark blend They have a stand set up at the Farmer’s Market we go to every Saturday so they save us a [...]

I got blindsided by a cold over the weekend so I am pouring in as much gunpowder and Hojicha green teas as I can. I hate having a cold.

Stone Brewing Beers are one of those brands that feel like I have seen forever but just never got around to drinking. Big mistake on my part. I had my first one a couple of weeks back when I was out in San Diego when I wanted to have something local. I had to “settle” [...]

This is the first of a new feature called ‘What I’m Drinking”. I’m an equal opportunity consumer and I enjoy drinks across the whole spectrum of spirits. It’s beer intensive at Chez Flynn these days, what with the summertime sun and all, but I hope to remember to mention wines and booze we like as [...]