With SF Beer Week in the rear view mirror, I’m trying to get caught up on some blog posts.  I’ve still got a backlog of pictures from my January trip to New York City.  One of the Highlights: Fatty Cue in Williamsburg, specializing in southeastern style BBQ. After a brisk walk through a orthodox Jewish [...]

Black Star is a classic American Pilsner, with a light dry hopping touch.  It’s crisp, clean, and great for a summer day.  It’s interesting to see a craft take on a style so thoroughly consumed by corporate beer behemoths.   Chad Newton’s Parcel BBQ is exactly what it claims to be – classic american BBQ, [...]

I first met Dontaye Ball at the Underground Farmer’s Market a while back.  Once we setup a black-market exchange program of homebrew for BBQ, we both knew quickly we were going to get along just fine. Shortly there after, I was contacted by a television network, and invited to make a demo tape of me, [...]

I stopped by the new George’s BBQ on 24th St and Capp on a Sunday evening.  The hosts were warm and enthusiastic, the the BBQ sauce was smokey and delicious.  After very little prodding was I talked into the giant plate of meat seen below (for $11.99!)   Everything is laid out on a large hot table, [...]