You know that it’s going to be a good day on the water when you are out fishing with your friends. Even more so when you are fishing hallowed water like the Railroad Ranch on the Henry’s Fork. And even more so when a bottle of fine bourbon gets passed around while you are gearing […]
Thirsty Thursday
Fly fishing man and woman do not live by adult beverages alone. In fact, coffee might just be more of a friend to the year round fisher than other libations so oft mentioned and visualized in fly fishing media. Our famdamily unit (now with members living in every time zone in the continental US) remains […]
Cheap beer is cheap beer. But drink it out on the water with a buddy and it’s the nectar of the gods. Need I say more?
Last Friday was a day of many firsts. First time fishing the Henry’s Fork. First time fishing with Ken. First time in an Adipose skiff. First pork rind. The best first though? My first Gin and Tonic. There were gasps of shock on the boat when the fact that I had never had a G&T […]
Jeret Pena’s Perfect Margarita from Tasting Table on Vimeo. On a Thursday where all the troops are running around like chickens with their heads cut off, this will have to do today. And with the lime shortage crisis apparently improving, it’s time to squeeze some limes for one of these and a key lime pie. […]
Last week when I was back home in Bozeman we had a little get together. You know, just a small gathering of friends I hadn’t seen in a while, all eating dinner and having a beer and chit chatting and having a good time. Well, that soon evolved into a rowdy game of “Asshole”, played […]
Lucy’s Fried Chicken is one of those Central Texas icons that carved its sterling reputation the old fashioned way – they cooked their way to fried chicken (and other tasty stuff) heaven one crispy piece at a time on South Congress in Austin (and in Burnett too). Along with fried chicken, an armada of other […]
Occasionally when you drink and tie flies you can get a great burst of creativity and innovation. But occasionally you will get… Cyclops Vise! This is what happens when you have one extra eye and don’t know what to do with it. Please note the can of PBR in the background. Thanks to Shane for […]
Overnight fishing trips, campfires, and drinking too much go hand in hand together. I doubt there can be many reading this who haven’t imbibed a little too much once or twice, sitting around a campfire tellings stories and having a good time. Listening to that fire crackle and pop just seems to bring about a […]
A couple of weeks ago She Who Must Be Obeyed and I were strolling through our local fruit and vegetable market, weaving among the orchard pallets of mostly apples and pears when I spied a crate of those smallish, round, ‘personal’ watermelons. It’d been months since we’ve seen watermelons of any sort in these parts […]
Big Sky Brewing in Missoula makes some damn good beer. A few years ago, they purchased the equipment necessary to can their beer, instead of just offering it in bottles. Turns out that by law they had to destroy the “test cans” from the new machinery. This is how we do it in Montana: Man, […]
Cheap beer never tastes better than on the river.
This being ‘the Mardi Gras weekend’ in NOLA – the weekend before Fat Tuesday on March 4th – for today’s Thirsty Thursday we offer the humble Hurricane cocktail, oft maligned though worthy of a thoughtful look back in time before the Hurricane morphed into the overly sweet tourist beverage first time NOLA visitors clamor for. […]
How to Drink a Beer with Sam Calagione from Tasting Table on Vimeo. We’re not suggesting that anyone watching this on Chi Wulff today doesn’t know how to drink a beer….what Dogfish Head’s Sam Calagione is really saying is you need to make love to your beer. Long live the innovative craft and home brewers.
