Beer | The World According to Kate

The Race to Create The World’s Strongest Beer

A few breweries are fighting to create the world’s strongest beer – beers as potent as whiskey – with as much as 41% alcohol!

…the international rivalry has put a spotlight on a fascinating, though fringe, sector of the beer industry: brewers who push beer to its alcoholic limits. BrewDog is one of a handful [...]

Plan B Burger Bar – Glastonbury, CT

In the past few years, a number of really quality burger bars have sprung up in the area. Now, as a rule, I’m not really a big fan of burgers. Sure, at a family cookout I may have one, but overall I’m not a big red meat eater, so when I go out I don’t normally [...]

Smokin’ With Chris – Southington, CT

Think you can’t find good Barbecue in CT? Then you clearly have never been to Smokin’ With Chris in Southington, CT. Over the past couple of years, Kevin and I have visited the establishment many times ( I think we may be nearing “regular” status) and we have never left disappointed. This post is long [...]

50 Ways To Reuse Your Old Beer Bottles

The other day I wrote about Whole Foods collecting customers’ used wine corks and I also mentioned that while that solves one of my problems, I still don’t know what to do with all the empty beer bottles that I haven’t gotten around to recycling (actually I think I said bottle caps, but the bottles themselves [...]

Study Shows Beer Could Be Good For Bone Health

We all know that wine had gained a lot of attention for it’s potential health benefits, but recent studies show that beer, also, could be great for your health. IPA’s (my personal favorite) could be especially beneficial for their high levels of silicon, which is known to help decrease bone thinning and promote new bone formation. [...]