Mmm, cider. Actually, I’m kind of excited to see more and better drinks on the menu. Plus, it’s basically an American tradition!

Always nice to learn more about your local brewing history.

This sounds like a fun project. Can’t wait to see what they come up with.

A tale of mead

Minnesota does some surprisingly good brews. Here’s some background history on the, ahem, culture.

I need this. At least a chance to try it.

Genuine, old school dorkiness, but very useful and entertaining.

Summer’s coming. Time for some beer training.

One of my favorite authors is Daniel Keys Moran. He wrote – and is picking up the job of writing – a series called the Tales of the Continuing Time.

Honest, it is pretty good stuff. If he didn’t have some severe medical issues, you’d have heard of them as legend by now.

What is pertinent to our discussion, however, is liquor. One of his characters is very fond of something called smoke whiskey. It is special because it is distilled in space, which gives it a certain something you can’t get groundside.

Fiction, right?

Nay, says I. Check this out.

A little background on whisky. Enjoy!