First Post

What is Beer? Googlism.com says:

beer is here to stay
beer is a thorny problem
beer is food
beer is the new vodka in russia
beer is made page
beer is heaven
beer is good for you
beer is a labor of love
beer is leaving town
beer is made
beer is on the menu
beer is better than women
beer is so important to the world
beer is now a health food
beer is better than sex
beer is free
beer is never late

Thanks, Googlism!

Beer: the libation that unites cultures and peoples across space and history. It is a paragon of potations, furnishing the discerning epicurean with astounding variety and gustative complexity, simultaneously offering the plebian an elegantly simple means of refreshment. Yet, for all its virtues, beer isn't self-aggrandizing. It has no notions of grandeur or sophistication. Beer just is. It melds into our lives so seamlessly, so transcendentally, cascading into the cracks and contours of humanity, that it's easy to overlook beer's quiet splendor.

This blog chronicles the journey of Chip Snyders (Silenus), Dylan Katz (Dionysus), and J.T. Jacobs (Radegast), as they set out to sample and evaluate the illimitable panoply of flavors, genres, and styles of mankind's oldest intoxicant.


If you're relatively unfamiliar with this glorious product, here are some resources.

The history of beer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_beer*
Quick overview of how beer is made:
http://billybrew.com/how-beer-is-made
Great diagrams and simple elucidation of the brewing process:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewing*
An excellent resource for crafting some homemade brew:
http://www.eartheasy.com/eat_homebrew.htm
A tried and true site for reviews:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/

*Of course I referenced Wikipedia; you can make fire by rubbing two sticks together, but why not use a lighter?