Keychain bottle openers have long been used as tools of marketing and, more importantly, bottle opening. They dangle on your keyring, clinking against your keys and reminding you there’s no cap that can stand between you and a cold beer. These keychains are given away like candy at beer festivals, and it’s not uncommon to […]
Talisman Presents: Beer Yoga
For lovers of both beer and yoga, learning the two can be combined is like finding out you don’t have to choose between a lavish existence and eternal life. You can indeed live it up and still achieve nirvāna! Yoga may give you strength of body and mind, but beer is the secret ingredient that […]
Good Reasons To Drink Bad Beer
Before I try to convince you to drink things you may find repulsive, we need to define the term “bad beer”. For the sake of this post, bad beer is defined as a massively produced beer like Bud, Miller, or Coors that craft beer drinkers often turn their nose up at.* Now that we’ve nailed […]
The New Era of Fisher Beer
When I walked into A. Fisher Brewing Co. for the first time, my heart skipped a beat. Not in the usual way a beer lover’s heart goes pitter patter whenever a new brewery opens, but that singular way one feels when experiencing something truly special. Fisher is a legacy from Utah’s brewing past; a vestige […]
Beer For Your Ears
Of all our senses, the ability to hear seems to serve our beer drinking experience the least. We can hear the crackle of carbonation as it delivers volatiles into the air, but what else? And in comparison to the visual appeal of color, the aroma of delicate ingredients, the flavor complexity of carefully tinkered recipes, […]
Chocolate and Beergasms!
A little known fact about my hometown is what an amazing chocolate scene it has! There are many high quality chocolatiers in and around Salt Lake City, making it a real hub for the chocolate connoisseur. Utah chocolate makers import cacao beans from all over the world to create products with complex flavors that also […]