Lifestyle

TAP Beer(s) of the Week: Lagunitas Pils and IPA

I’d heard a lot about Lagunitas, particularly its creative label writing and imaginative seasonal offerings and one-offs, such as the plan to release beers commemorating the 40th anniversaries of each album release by Frank Zappa.

It’s Official – Australia Has the Worst Weather in the World

After more then 75 years, this historic sign is suddenly obsolete.

Larry Olmsted

The Aussies could have also stolen the one thing that Mt. Washington still has that they don’t, an honest to goodness Donald Ross designed golf course.

TAP Beer of the Week 4: Chang

Tom Bedell

Think Thai beer, and my one and only thought once turned to Singha, a sturdy pale lager produced by the... Read more »

Tempest in a Brewpot

Tom Bedell

To mark Rock Art’s tenth year with a special brew, Nadeau came up with Vermonster, named after the mythical creature with one set of legs longer than the other, thereby enabling it to walk level in Vermont’s hills.

USGA Promotes Cellphone Use on Course!

James A. Frank

Who would have thought it would be the USGA encouraging us to bring cellphones to the golf course? But they... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week: Delirium Tremens

Tom Bedell

[Jan, 18, 2010] My brother and sister-in-law came up from Long Island for our annual belated Christmas, which also segued... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week 2: Life and Limb

Tom Bedell

Sierra Nevada linked up with the east coast star of innovative brewing, Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Delaware, to produce Life and Limb, a lid-lifter of a beer that I cracked open as my first of 2010.

By the Time We Got to Woodstock

Tom Bedell

[Jan. 6, 2010]–Bob Dylan was almost at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, until negotiations stalled when his son fell ill.... Read more »

TAP Beer of the Week 1: Anchor Steam Beer

Tom Bedell

I can’t say that I find the task of beginning a weekly beer journal a particular daunting task; unless sick,... Read more »

On the Supernatural Connection Between Scotch and Golf

Jeff Wallach

Surely it’s more than mere happenstance that the game of golf and the drinkable artwork that is Scotch whisky were... Read more »

Golf in France: A Moveable Feast

Brian McCallen

It would be criminal to plan a buddy trip to this venerable nation where the five senses, not just the desire to crack a drive or hole a putt, are fully engaged and satisfied. Centuries of refinement have made France what it is today: every life lover’s ideal destination.