It was time to see if I made a good purchase or not of the Feast of Fools from Magic Hat. Or were we a Ship of Fools? This is a Variety Pak that has 3 bottles of 4 different brews. Back in January we sampled by luck (or bad luck) their Odd Notion Winter [...]

It was a day that started with pouring rain. It ended with a smile and full of hope. I looked out at the morning downpour. At 2 o’clock, Pat Sodomka’s funeral would be held at Church of the Resurrection. The gray and gloomy morning matched the feeling in my heart.
The thought of Pat’s farewell being [...]

Lindeman’s Bin 45 Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
I’ve always wondered about Australian wines. How many bottles do they have to produce to be able to ship around the world and make a profit at $5.99 a bottle. Or what corners do they have to cut? At Lindeman’s Bin 45 must be huge. But since they’ve been [...]

Black Swan Shiraz 2008
Mrs. Dan wanted wine so I opened a bottle of wine. Ensuring domestic tranquility is not a one time goal, even during the Super Bowl, to achieve but a life long commitment…. until death do you part. Hmmmm. Did you ever think that with the statistic that 50% of all [...]

Fosters and Dundee Pale Bock Lager
Okay. It’s the Super Bowl. On Friday The Today Show said it was cool to drink wine at a Super Bowl Party. Well our Super Bowl Party consists of Mrs. Dan, Mr. Ben and The In-Laws. Not exactly a huge gathering but a nice intimate affair.
Mrs. Dan’s parents [...]

Cycles Gladiator Cabernet. 2007
The In-Laws dropped by tonight and brought me a nice little gift. A bottle of Cycles Gladiator Cab. I had to go back and check which of the Gladiators I had already reviewed and found my first review was on their Merlot (I paired it with dog poop…. but in a [...]

Bohemian Highway Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Wow. Back to reality. I just got home from covering the Elyse Wine Seminar at Wine World. When you have to cover a tasting you seldom get to really taste any wines. I’m too concentrated on taking photos for the site and taking notes on what the speaker has to say. [...]

New Belgium Might Arrow Pale Ale
I stopped by Vineyard Wine Market and Roger pointed out A Might Arrow saying, “the delivery guy stopped by and said you need two cases of this ” which was news to him. This is one of five New Belgium seasonals. Since 2 Below pretty much [...]

UPDATE-Jan. 12, 2010:It would appear we owe Kroger an apology. Magic Hat contacted me and said the “Best By” date on the Feast of Fools case I bought was misstamped. Looking at the individual bottles they indeed had 2010 as the “Best By” year. Another indicator this wasn’t a leftover from 2009 was there was [...]