Man, you guys used to drink A LOT! When we asked you how Saturday nights have changed since fatherhood, you all basically admitted how smashed you would get every weekend. In that regard, fatherhood definitely makes life better and that is pretty much exactly what you told us! Here's [...]
Life of Dad isn't afraid of talking about the tough issues of parenting because things like drugs, drinking and digital citizenship are exactly the delicate issues that parents of a certain age need help navigating. So what do you say on the issue of drinking with your teenager? Many [...]
Wow, we didn't expect to see so many references to hard drugs when we asked what you guys did before but don't now that you're a dad. But, this is a good news story because the arrival of a baby helped change so many lives for the better. Here's just [...]
Parenting seems hard at the beginning. There's the infamous lack of sleep problem, the poop up and out of the diaper situation, projectile vomiting -- man, that's a classic -- and all those crumbs in the car. But veteran dads know that the complicated stuff comes later on, when [...]
Name of beer: Raspberry Brown Brewing Company: Lost Coast Breweries Brewing Location: Eureka, CA Type of Beer: American Brown Ale – ABV: 5.0% - IBU: 22 Beer Description: From bottle: A chocolate Brown Ale with the essence of ripe red raspberries, made with malted barley, chocolate and caramel malts, hops [...]
Name of beer: Nero's 1st Century Double Dark Malt Ale Brewing Company: Amarcord Birra Artigianale Brewing Location: Apecchio, Italy Type of Beer: Bock – ABV: 8.0% - IBU: Not known (Traditional bocks range from 20-27 IBU's) Beer Description: From bottle: As they say in Rome "Tizio, birra me." The Beer Guy [...]
Greetings Life of Dad Community! I'm starting to get that feeling of spring and summer. Warmer weather and less rain means spending more time outside. What does that mean? Beer festivals, of course! I tweeted (@TheBeerGuyLOD) last week about finding one of the most complete beer festival calendars [...]
Name of beer: Discord Dark IPA Brewing Company: Pyramid Breweries Brewing Location: Seattle, WA - Berkeley, CA - Portland, OR Type of Beer: Dark Ale / India Pale Ale – ABV: 6.5% - IBU: 69 Beer Description: From Pyramid: Discord Dark IPA celebrates the marriage of two distinct styles, the Dark [...]
The Beer Guy will be sending his favorite 6-pack of beer to the 100th Twitter follower (@TheBeerGuyLOD), if achieved by April 19th. Greetings Life of Dad Community! Well, I must say that I am overwhelmed and humbled by the great response received after my first two blogs [...]
Name of beer: Rotator IPA: Spiced IPA Brewing Company: Widmer Brothers Brewing, in collaboration with the Quality Ale and Fermentation Fraternity (QUAFF) Brewing Location: Portland, OR (QUAFF located in San Diego, CA) Type of Beer: India Pale Ale – ABV: 7.0% - IBU: 70 Beer Description: From Widmer: In the [...]
