A flair up?

Uh oh, the irritability in your bowels is spreading! Read more

Calm down. I have what's considered a pretty severe case of Crohn's and I still thought Will's comments were fine. Read more

My choice would be New Glarus as best brewery and their beer/wine marriage of Belgian Red as the best beer. It would not be out of place in Belgium itself (and I have had a LOT of Belgian fruit beers); their entire range is bold and tasty. This is nothing against the other great breweries listed. Sprecher also has… Read more

I'm partial to Sprecher's german/belgian-inspired beers, but I'd argue that Lakefront might very well be the state's best brewer simply due to their range. Wisconsinite is my favorite summer beer - super light, but with lots of flavor. Their barn burner is an awesome high alcohol dark beer. And they started making a… Read more

It also available in Chicago, if you can't stand the thought of going to Wisconsin and if you can't, well I just don't know about you. Read more

I can see why a beer person would say that. It's much lighter and lager-y-er than most serious beer drinkers prefer, but it's a great Wisconsin summer beer. Read more

"To clarify, I utterly respect and appreciate every police officer that protects and serves all of us with honesty, integrity and the right way. And I don't think those kind of officers should be offended by what I did."

I'm sure that officer understands, wherever he is. Read more

I like Blue Moon. It's usually the most pleasant thing on the menu in the average chain restaurant. Read more

My preferred session beer is Sierra Nevada Torpedo, it's what separates the Destroyers from the Liberty Ships. Read more

It seems there's a certain demo that could appreciate this brew, and it's not the standard motley assortment of young fellows who, after a few session beers, turn into the worst elements of Bill Cosby and Rob Gronkowski. Read more

When I tried Audible a little while ago at friend's place, I said that it was "inoffensive." I actually find most of Red Hook's offerings to be on the watery side, even their ESB. Read more

Will, if you ever go on the wagon, I'm kind of hoping for a column that is nothing but a link to George Thorogood's "If You Don't Start Drinking, I'm Gonna Leave" with no accompanying text.

Oh, and spend enough time in Washington state and you'll never want to see another apple as long as you goddamn live. At least… Read more

ShockTop makes a salted pretzel wheat beer that is very good in that it chemically recreates the exact taste of a salted pretzel. However, after exactly two sips it dawns on you 'd be far better off actually eating a pretzel while drinking any other beer of your choice. Read more

Great thing about Johnny Appleseed is that he planted apple seeds. When you plant apple seeds apple trees grow but the only thing the apples are good for is making apple cider. Johnny Appleseed is an American Dionysus. Read more

MACOUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read more

This crap can't be any worse than Redd's Apple Ale, which just sits there on your tongue, mocking you for drinking it, for a good 30 seconds. Read more

So Apple Beers can be quite good, however there are only a relative few that I have tasted (perhaps because ciders are also exploding). Good Apple beers: Read more

the thermopop by the same company is $30. Not as quick but reviews are great. Read more