Smokestack Lightning Brewing Company

Class in a Glass – Guinness Blonde American Lager
As it seems every year, Saint Paddy’s was going to come and go without a related post by me. I seem to say this every year, and then pull one out at the last minute, but this year I’d pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I was just going to pass this time. … Continue reading → Read more

The Not So Local Tap – Max’s Belgian Fest 2015
So, that time of  year again, our annual President’s day weekend trip down to Fell’s Point, Baltimore for Max’s annual Belgian Fest. While the forecast was cold with a chance of freezing, the outlook was still better than last year when we had to call our hotel to add an extra day onto the start … Continue reading ... Read more

Class in a Glass – I Channel My Inner Rob Lowe for Elysian’s Loser Pale Ale
Hi! I’m celebrity beer blogger Ed Morgan. And I’m craft beer purist and big beer conspiracy theorist Ed Morgan. And I have Elysian’s Loser pale ale. And I have some God-awful swill produced by some corporate sellouts with no allegiance to the traditions, the ethos or the craft that made them hugely successful. Disguised as &he ... Read more

The Not So Local Tap – Lancaster Brewing Company
He paused. As if a moment of silent tribute had to be given before he (or anyone) should walk through the door that was open before him. The door certainly deserved no  such reverence, the single paned, fullview door was like thousands of others he’d passed before. No, it was what lay beyond the door … Continue reading → Read more