The Dogfish Head Craft Brewery of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware is not your average brewery. To be cliché, they play by their own rules. They brewed an Imperial Pilsner called “Golden Shower” which they were promptly told that they couldn’t sell unless they changed the name. They settled on “Golden Era”, but the fact that they [...]

Few songs get me thinking about beautiful, summer weather like the 1996 Sublime song that this article is named after. Regardless of what are you doing, if you live somewhere with sunny, warm weather, the living is indeed easy. We have no fear of snowstorms in the northeast during this time of year. This is [...]

Most domestic beer is around 4-6% alcohol by volume. Personally, that’s enough alcohol for me. I, believe it or not, actually like the taste of beer and drink it more for the flavor than for the amount of alcohol in it. I appreciate the subtle yeasty, citrus flavor of a hefeweizen on a beautiful, sunny [...]

Zane Lamprey is a comedian, actor, writer, producer, editor and world trekking television host. His show Three Sheets has jumped from now defunct MOJOHD to the Fine Living Network and is now airing on Wednesday nights (11 pm EST) on the Travel Channel. He is embarking on a fifty-three city comedy tour starting on April 30th at [...]

“Lousy Smarch weather.”-Homer Simpson. The NCAA March Madness tournament is in full swing. Do you know what that means? It means that spring is quickly arriving and it’s time to start thinking about barbeques, yard games and the lighter side of beer. I know in some parts of the country snow is still a possibility, [...]

For those of us in the northeast, it may seem like winter is not even remotely close to ending. But, the first day of spring is March 20th, also known as the Vernal or March Equinox. It is now less than a month until spring technically begins. What styles of beer is spring known for? [...]

One of my favorite non “holiday” days of the year is Super Bowl Sunday. It really doesn’t matter if you like either of the teams. All that matters is that it’s party time.  Most people throw a party or better yet, attend some else’s (no post game clean up). Everyone I know, regardless of their [...]

“In the year 2000, Pete Rose goes on national television to admit for the first time that he bet on the Reds. Not the Cincinnati Reds, he bet that the Soviets would win the Cold War“-Conan O’brien. This is not the usual happy New Year column. Usually, I write about how another year has passed [...]

It’s commonly known that most craft breweries bottle their beer. A vast majority of them would never even consider canning their masterpiece. It’s usually more of a difficult process and one that many believe is less classy than bottling. A few interesting (and a little bit crazy) breweries, however, have decided to primarily can their [...]

I’ve delayed this article for a long time. Some years ago, I promised myself that I wouldn’t write an article about Pumpkin Ales for thefatherlife. My reasoning was because I always felt that a Halloween themed article about beer brewed with flavors of this gourd-like squash was a little bit cliché. It seems like every [...]