Barter Beer in Belgium?
My Beer Buddy Larry Porter, who owns not one, but two great pubs in Easton, PA, was instrumental in propelling me to Belgium for the...
First Time's The Charm at GGI
Nestled just off State Highway 31 in the little borough of Glen Gardner, the historic Glen Gardner Inn is making a comeback, and if last...
Beers on the Boards--For Real?
My Beer Buddy Chris DePeppe runs a great annual event every March down in Point Pleasant at Martell's Tiki Bar called "Beers on the...
First-Ever Beer Dinner at the GGI
GGI stands for the Glen Gardner Inn, and even though it's only about four months old, GM Dan Weiss is jumping into the craft beer scene...
It's All About The Pour--And The Foam
At least it was on Saturday, when Vaclav Berka (Pilsner Urquell Master Brewer), Bryan Panzica (Pilsner Urquell Rep.), and Jen Lampert...
When Getting "Bombed" Wasn't a Bad Thing
My Down Under Mate Kenneth Hart--whom I have never met personally, but with whom I share a lasting kinship--sent me a very interesting...
Cinco de Tres at Trap Rock
The PubScout remembers his first visit to the Trap Rock Restaurant in Berkeley Heights almost twenty years ago. In that 1997 column,...
To Life, To Life, L'Chaim!
One of The PubScout's favorite scenes in the classic "Fiddler on the Roof" is that wonderfully uplifting one that sees Tevye and Lazar...
You Gotta Be Kidney
As many of you know, my eldest son, just 27 at the time, was diagnosed with a very rare kidney disease back in October of 2014. He was...
Beer Sense
So really. How does one properly taste a beer? We know beer is not meant to chugged or poured into a funnel strapped to our heads. But...
