Let me start off my letter by saying the owner of this site (Joel Johnson) and a contributor (myself, Travis Hudson) are both former Kansas City area residents who love Boulevard beers. Myself and Joel (note that I am speaking on behalf of him) frown upon your limited midwest distribution, especially after we both moved […]

In a daring and apparently unprecedented bit of crime, someone broke into the Guinness brewery in Dublin yesterday and stole 450 kegs of beer and stout. And the manhunt is on.
Ireland’s national police force, the Garda Siochana, announced the nationwide manhunt earlier today. A lone man drove into the brewery Wednesday and hitched a fully […]

This collection of vintage snapshots, some mildly NSFW, reminds us that we need to work much, much harder to ensure this happens at our next party.
The Party [SquareAmerica.com] (Thanks, Alex!)

I have a confession: “fancy” restaurants scare the shit out of me. I never feel like I fit in, I’m terrified I’ll order something stupid, and I’m cheap. One place at a time I’m getting over it—it’s a shame to live in such a great food town and not go out more—but I doubt I’ll […]

I appreciate the verve and passion with which this Texan informs the Jimmy Dean sausage company about his feelings about their new smaller, 12-ounce packages. I also like that in Texas, Jimmy Dean sausage goes great with a T-bone steak.

Simo Häyhä, a Finnish sniper operating during the Winter War between Finland and Russia just before WWII, had over five hundred confirmed kills using iron sights.
The unofficial Finnish frontline figure from the battlefield of Kollaa places the number of Häyhä’s sniper kills at 542. A daily account of the kills at Kollaa was conducted for […]

SORRY I HAVEN”T BEEN POSTING MUCH LATELY I HAVE BEEN EXPERICING GOS CHI ENERGY AMAZING POWER ALOT SO HERE IS THING>>>KEEP IN MIND I AM NOT A DOCTOR
BEYOND THIS IS TIME FOR ONE OR TWO FLIPZ OR MAYBE< YES< BLASTZ

Steve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery, lost his son last week in a bike accident in New York. Our condolences.
Sam Hindy, 27, was killed on Nov. 16 after he and a friend mistakenly biked onto the upper level of the bridge, which is reserved for cars and trucks. When Hindy turned around, he hit a […]

From David Lebovitz:
3. Use shallots. Lots and lots of shallots.
In France, almost everyone uses shallots. But in America, you have to kneel down under the shelves at the produce aisle and fish out those little bags covered with red plastic netting to grab one.
Oh, the humiliation!
I never understood the sheer brilliance of shallots until now. […]

Dress clothier Jos. A. Bank is having an online “Cyber Monday” sale with many shirts around $25, with free shipping. [Dealnews]

This isn’t a neck-snapping interview or anything. I just think James Garner is a badass and like to hear about him breaking pieces of his spine and taking television studios to court.