‘Beechwood’


An Amusingly Tasty Burger at Beechwood

February 12th, 2010 Tweet Facebook Digg Stumble Reddit

Thank you for being tasty.

Heading into Beechwood, I was feeling a bit skeptical.  Bars in Venice can tend to be a bit trendy, especially the food-serving kind.  Once inside, part of my skepticism was confirmed, with strangely shaped lounge seats and a half hour wait even though we had reservations.  Oh well, at least they had a pretty sweet beer menu so I could have a little something to drink while waiting.  They had a pretty cool-looking wheat beer called Moosbacher from Germany.  Since I like moose and wheat, I figured these would outweigh my distaste for Germany, and I was right.  It was quite good and came in a huge bottle. Continue Reading»


Beer Me Some Breckenridge Agave Wheat

The taste of skiing?

Colorado is definitely a beer state, and not just because Coors comes from the Rocky Mountain State.  No, it is also home to New Belgium (of Fat Tire fame) and seemingly countless other micro and craft breweries.  While in Breckenridge for a ski weekend, I decided I had to at least try one of these, and because it turned out to be the only one available at dinner, my choice happened to come from the creatively named Breckenridge Brewery.  The brewery, by the way, is actually no longer in Breckenridge, having expanded and moved to Denver in 1992.

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