Fearful Symmetries

Last winter I discovered that Madison is home to a Victorian-era garden. There's nothing surprising about some folks maintaining such a ...

As a fan of smoke beers, I implore local brewers on this very blog to make more of them because they're almost as rare as hen's teet...

I love flora and appreciate its role in the ecosystem. I really do. While keeping flowers alive is a skill I do not possess, I enjoy looking...

It would have been really neat had Madison's favorite purveyor of pantagruelian brews, Giant Jones , labeled this a mere Sticke Altbier ...

Tempus fugit! It's been two and a half years since it was announced that Arena's Lake Louie Brewing was to be acquired by Wiscons...

I will be upfront with you: I hate the phrase "pumpkin spice". Who among us eats a cinnamon roll or a bratwurst and thinks, "...

  These weren't bad but not great either. Vinegar tang was middle of the road but they both had a starchy mealiness to them. The cassava...

The humble pear doesn't get the attention that its cousin the apple does. What do people know about them beyond that partridges in their...

Likely because I don’t drink much beer from Michigan, I get Bell’s Brewery confused with Founders Brewing. I have to stop and think, “OK, n...

It's an exciting and, perhaps, anxious time for public transit users here in the Madison area. The city is engaged in a two-pronged stra...

(mid-August 2021) While out on a recent bike ride, I came across a real antique automobile. My internet sleuthing leads me to believe it...