Fearful Symmetries

Son Volt has a new tune out called "Kaleidosphere". Since I am not a member of their Electro Melodier Society (not yet, anyway), ...

Until just about 15 minutes ago I thought that Prairie Artisan Ales was out of St. Louis. There I was, typing away and thinking about how i...

(Listen to the sound track .) (late October 2023) With my adventures up north done for the year, I settled in to enjoy the autumn close to h...

I may be a bit late with this review but, if breweries are going to release their Oktoberfest beers during those days when Sirius follows th...

It occurred to me during this Civil Life drinkathon just how many English beer styles have become mainstays of the American brewing scene. ...

So here I am once more in the playground of the Civil Life. One more experience, one more entry in a blog, self-penned. My first trio of Civ...

In a previous post , I noted that, even if I could not go to St. Louis, I at least could enjoy a Dunkel from that fair town. However, a frie...

Trips to liquor stores in Chicagoland involve not only investigating what the brewers of that region have been up to, but also some of those...

(Don't forget to read entry #97 about my adventures with plums.) In my last entry, I noted my visit to St. Louis back in 2017. While my...

Some final thoughts on my weekend in St. Louis... On the whole I liked St. Louis . But there was one scene which summed up the city for me. ...

Our hotel was way out west, next to an I270 off ramp. I don't think it was actually in the city of St. Louis proper. Before making the t...

A few weekends ago a few friends and I engaged in the great American tradition of jumping in a car and hitting the road. Our destination: ...