As things are starting up here at theBeerean.com, I want to broaden our horizons as a beer drinking family. I hope that you don’t judge me too harshly, but there are times I just don’t feel like a beer. The meal or the moment just call for something a little harder/sweeter/smoother/warmer/etc. Therefore I reach for the spirits. I have a feeling I’m not the only one that feels this way. So I’m occasionally going to share some thoughts and tips on the harder stuff.

So I just recently inherited a kegerator from a friend of a friend. This might sound weird to some, but I actually got it as a ministry opportunity. This summer I’m planning on hosting several BBQ’s and poker tournaments at my house to get to know my neighbors. Nothing is a better conversation starter than a nice cold one. So I got the kegerator as an opportunity to always have some beer on tap.

What are hops?  You hear about them all the time in the world of beer.  You hear about beers that have double the hops.  There are even tripple hop beers now too.  It’s one of the basic ingredients of beer, but it seems that everyone assumes that you know what a hop is. Hops are actually the female flower cluster [...]

So how do start a blog up again? What should your first “real” post be about? I started theBeerean.com on April 20th, 2008 with one simple thought in mind. There needs to be a blog for Christians who like beer. My ultimate hope with the blog would be that:

It has been almost a year-and-a-half since my last post on theBeerean.com. Jesus has been good to me in this time though. I’ve done a lot and grown a lot as a Christian, husband, father, and friend. But in all that time, don’t think that I ever forgot about theBeerean.com.

I’ve kept the site up and watched to see what w