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Dogfish Head debuted its World Wide Stout back in 1999. The brewers offered not just a stout, but one that set itself apart from the entire ...

As one would expect, oysters have a special place along Virginia's eastern shore. This year provided me with opportunities to learn abou...

The name comes from a 1993 movie about the Jamaican national bobsled team's first Olympic competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics, which...

It was originally named Sand Shoal Island until it was purchased by Nathan Cobb for 100 bags of salt in 1939. The island was then renamed Co...

Assateague Island and its modern-day parks stretch along the mid-Atlantic coast between the States of Maryland and Virginia. Yet, this islan...

It all began with Ed's Cave Creek Chili Beer. Basically, take Corona and substitute a serrano chile for the lime. And let that chile sit...

I have been a huge fan of punk music for a long time, but I kow little about what came before that genre. I wanted to learn more about the g...

I don't drink hard liquor anymore so I never order anything such as a tequila shot or a margarita. The only way I would ever experience ...

Cult Classic Brewing is a brewery and restaurant located on Kent Island just off of Route 50. Drawing inspiration from popular cult movies o...

They say one should never judge a book by its cover; and, one should never buy a bottle of wine based on the label. I am pretty sure that la...

There are more craft breweries in the United States than ever before, with an estimated 9,500 such breweries across the country. Those brewe...

Beer reviews have become fewer and fewer on this blog. It is not so much that I am not drinking beer. It's just that I have been drinkin...

One place that we love to visit is Acadia National Park in Maine. Every part of the park, from Jordan Pond to Sand Beach, from Schoodic Poin...

There were three trails that could take someone westward: the 900 mile Santa Fe trail, the 2,000 mile Oregon trail, and the 2,000 mile Calif...

N onouian "Here, there and everywhere." - Nahuatl saying For me, the saying - N onouian  - represents the influence that the Aztec...

When it comes to spiced ales, the typical offerings - pumpkin beers, Christmas ales, and the like - don't usually get my attention, let ...

Over the past several months, I spent a substantial amount of time writing and publishing my In Search of Orange Gold  blogpost series.  The...

"On your way now. And tell the world that you sailed with Blackbeard." - Blackbeard If one sailed with Blackbeard, what would one ...

"If you want to understand the meaning of bebop, you have to understand the meaning of freedom."  Thelonius Monk For many years, T...

For years, Kent Island was always a place where I would drive through , either to get to the Eastern Shore or to return back to Annapolis, M...