Side Notes

Whole New Look, Same Great Blog

by Luke

Hi All – You’ll notice a whole bunch of new changes to BlogAboutBeer.com today if you visit it from the web (rather than your RSS reader). While it’s not the handmade theme I mentioned a few days ago (unfortunately, due to an extreme lack of free time, that project will have to be put on [...]

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Why Can’t I Buy an Individual Bottle of Beer in Washington D.C.?

by Luke

I’m just back from an exhausting five-day whirlwind trip through our Nation’s Capital where unfortunately my beer-buying opportunities were limited. Mostly because many of the craft beer stores I visited all had one major flaw in common: they didn’t sell individual 12 ounce bottles. While most of the stores I visited had very good selections [...]

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BlogAboutBeer.com is Two Years Old Today!

by Luke

It was exactly two years ago that I started BlogAboutBeer.com. At the time I knew almost nothing about beer and even less about blogging – since then my love for both has grown by leaps & bounds. I am still amazed on a nearly daily basis at all of the truly awesome opportunities writing this [...]

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Where I’ve Been

by Luke

Sorry for the non-posting all week. I think I forgot to explicitly mention that I was in the process of moving — just across town — and that, of course, Time Warner is taking their sweet time in getting my new Internet and television hooked up (I’m borrowing some from one of my part-time jobs [...]

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Major Life Changes

by Luke

I know this blog is more about beer than it is personal commentary but let me go off-topic for a minute if you would, please, to make an announcement. After a lot of deliberation and careful consideration, I have decided to take a pretty enormous (although at least a little bit calculated) leap of faith [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Everyone!

by Luke

Happy St. Patrick’s Day, one and all! Despite my recent gripes about Guinness/Diageo and the holiday’s commercialization, it’s still a fun day and a good excuse to celebrate, regardless of your own cultural heritage. So, in order to celebrate ‘round here, I’ll share a joke that my brother sent me this morning. The original joke, [...]

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