Author Archives: 5thape

Baby Huey & The Babysitters - Hard Times (Lyrics)

By 5thape | April 6, 2009

When this used to be a personal blog I would occasionally post about music.  I’d put up interesting songs I’d come across, sometimes even posting full albums.  Well, I’ve decided to sneak one post about music into this beer blog.  In particular one song, a favorite of mine, “Hard Times” by Baby Huey & The [...]

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Macrobrewery Ads Make Mad Men

By 5thape | April 4, 2009

One of my favorite scenes from Mad Men is from its premier episode “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”.  Let me set up the scene before you watch the clip.  It’s 1960 New York City, Don Draper is the genius creative director at Sterling Cooper, an advertising agency on Madison Avenue.  Unable to come up with [...]

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How Not To Get A Free Beer

By 5thape | January 21, 2009

Sit down at a table of strangers without asking.
Tell them to buy you a beer because it’s a holiday celebrating an important figure in U.S. history and you are the same race of said figure.
After 30 minutes of listening to you beg for a free beer, get angry when they ask you to leave them [...]

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The New Job

By 5thape | December 12, 2008

I won’t lie, the past month’s been a little scary.  But I’m glad to say that I’ve managed to find a position at a great brewery/restaurant!  I won’t mention the place by name but I’m pretty confident that it’s gonna be a great opportunity.  I’ll be a server but with some time and a bit [...]

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Men’s Fitness Equals Bad Beer Writing

By 5thape | December 12, 2008

I shouldn’t of expected much.  It’s an article about beer in a fitness magazine.  But I was still hopeful when I saw the link on the front page of Digg.  The title read “Beer 101 - Men’s Fitness”.  I thought this was going to be a simple, easy to understand introductory article to the world [...]

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