Growing up in Southern Illinois, it was very rare we would have a ‘big snow’.  Experiencing the amount of snow that has fallen so far already up here in Michigan, it’s pretty exciting and still fun to watch (which I know, we’ll see if I say the same in February/March).   The beers we blindly…

Winter has started here in Michigan!  Seeing it snow all day was fun, and very pretty to watch – especially since I work from home and didn’t have to go anywhere.  When I decided to move up here, I was told about the Michigan winters and the snow… but I wasn’t told how big the…

Tonight’s blind picks are a whiskey barrel stout and coffee porter.  Kristen’s shot is the pumpkin spice liqueur. Boulevard Brewing is out of Kansas City, Missouri and the whiskey barrel stout is definitely a sipper.  At 11.8% ABV, this is definitely a strong one… and you can smell the whiskey once you pour it into…

Tonight we closed our eyes and randomly selected a beer from our boxes.  Kristen opened the other shot she brought with her… The first time I had Widow Maker was at a restaurant in Caseville, MI.  Don’t be afraid of the dark it says on the side of the can. 🙂  This is made by…

Last year I purchased an adult advent box from the Craft Beer Cellar in Clayton, MO.  Since it will be December before we know it, this year there are 3 participants so far… me, my sister and my boyfriend.  Kristen will be doing a different shot every day from December 1st – December 24th and…