Sex, Brains & Money

I keep wanting to start posts of my appearances by saying “Hey Vern, I’m on TV!” but no. I mustn’t. So on Friday I was a guest on the second episode of Nikki Thomas’ show Sex, Brains & Money (official site coming soon), which is streamed on livestream. Basically I was talking a bit about my…

Chicago: One Hell of a Town

I have returned alive and well from the Windy City! C2E2 was a blast, seeing friends from both Chicago and all over the country was a thrill and walking all over that city was just perfect. But you’re reading a beer blog. You don’t want to hear about a comic convention and walking around Lincoln…

Japanese Beer Is Sauceome

In a land where the only Japanese beer that is commonly known is Sapporo, its nice to know that the Japanese are amazing at the darker beers and really are growing. Sarah Becan, creator of one of my favorite webcomics I Think You’re Sauceome, recently made a trip to Tokyo and documented some of the…

The Coaster & The Pumpkin

Just wanted to mention two personal bits of awesomeness here. Firstly, look at this AMAZING custom beer coaster that the incredibly talented Mike Rooth did for me!  The man knows I love my Ghostbusters and this is just…wow.  And I’ve been told that the cool thing is that it was drawn with waterproof ink so…