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The Race to Create The World’s Strongest Beer

Kate Czlapinski — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:11:00 +0000

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

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:33:22 +0000

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

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:09:22 +0000

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

Kate Czlapinski — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:55:20 +0000

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

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 14:01:14 +0000

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. [...]

Rams Head Tavern

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:14:21 +0000

Kevin and I are heading down to Baltimore today for the weekend and, in typical fashion, we really have no definite plans other than where we will be eating and drinking, which is fine by me, because I’m pretty sure that’s the most important part of the trip.

Tonight we will be meeting up with his friends [...]

Prime 16 (New Haven, CT)

Kate Czlapinski — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:35:57 +0000

Recently, I have been less than enamored with the selection of beer bars in the area and, as a result, have started reading lots and lots of reviews on Beer Advocate. In my research, I came across a number of reviews for Prime 16, located in New Haven, and am I sure glad I did.

On Friday [...]

Beer Hydrates Better Than Water?

Kate Czlapinski — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:13:41 +0000

Well, news just doesn’t really get much better than this, does it? Perhaps I’ll have to celebrate these awesome findings by doing a little hydrating on my porch this evening

Researchers at Granada University in Spain found this Nobel Prize-worthy discovery after months of testing 25 student subjects, who were asked to run [...]

It’s Only Natural

Kate Czlapinski — Sun, 17 May 2009 14:26:43 +0000

Friday was another gorgeous day and, as I’ve mentioned I had kind of a rough week, so Kevin and I decided we needed to go out that night and get some dinner and drinks after I logged off from work. Because it was so gorgeous out, my only prerequisite was that the place we chose [...]