Author Archives: Mike Merrill

Gear Patrol offers an overview of the best Gluten Free beers. I just went to the Harvester pub and sampled a few of these and bought Josh the IPA No. 2. So perhaps some tasting notes from us will be … Continue reading →

Alaska Brewing Company touts their reuse of brewing ingredients as a process that is both co-friendly and cost-effective.

Core77 has the details on a visual guide to 202 beers set up like a Pantone color swatch.

I wonder what kind of beer that is? President Barack Obama offers a toast to Dakota Meyer on the patio outside of the Oval Office, Sept. 14, 2011. The President presented Meyer with the Medal of Honor Sept. 15, 2011, … Continue reading →

Date: February 19, 2011 Location: Cascade Brewing Barrel House, 939 SE Belmont Street Present: Josh Berezin, Mike Merrill   JB: New brewery to us, and we’re jumping right in with their “live from the barrel” beers. MM: Those are actual … Continue reading →

Date: May 17, 2010 Location: Mike’s house Present: Steve Schroeder, Mike Merrill, Curt Merrill, George Wietor, Josh Berezin JB: It’s a special edition. MM: It’s true, birthday edition! JR: And special G-rad guest edition. GW: Goodbye edition. MM: And it’s … Continue reading →

Date: February 12, 2010 Location: Saraveza Mike Merrill (MM) Josh Berezin (JB) 94/1000: Russian River Consecration JB: What are we drinking? MM: Russian River Consecration. JB: One of the rotating taps here? MM: And they wouldn’t give me a pint, … Continue reading →

Date: August 22, 2009 Time: 4:00 pm Location: Green Dragon Mike Merrill (MM) Josh Berezin (JB) We drank this too fast to get a picture… 92/1000: HUB Cascadian Dark JB: I love this! And our fries just came! MM: It’s … Continue reading →

Date: August 18, 2009 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Mike and Willow’s house Mike Merrill (MM) Josh Berezin (JB) Jona Bechtolt (Jona) 90/1000: Terminal Gravity ESG JB: Mike, we’ve been drinking this all summer. MM: We were going to call it … Continue reading →

Date: April 5, 2009 Time: 2:00 pm Location: Jona’s house Mike Merrill Josh Berezin Jona Bechtolt [An Xbox 360 is on in front of the drinkers.] Jona: Mike, let’s play. Mike: We have to drink beer. Jona: I am drinking … Continue reading →