The Reports of My Death

Are, indeed, greatly exaggerated.  Unfortunately I got caught in a perfect storm of holidays, sports, school, and organizing an academic conference. Now that is all behind us. What can you expect for this month?

Monthly Events. The Session should be up later tonight. MxMo is coming up on Monday, and what all else.
Reviews. I’m long due [...]

I Like Beer, You Like Beer, We All Like Beer!

To borrow from Freddie R. That’s right. This month at the Dram is beer month in honor of Oktoberfest, which, of course, actually happens in September… Anyway. I have some good stuff on tap for you this month:

Reviews: Of course, it wouldn’t be beer month without beer reviews, and I got plenty of ‘em just [...]

August is Wine Month

That’s right! Here at the Dram, I decided to make August wine month in honor of Wine Blogging Wednesday’s four year anniversary. Here is what you can expect in the following month:

Wine reviews. Whether you like ‘em sparkling, still, fortified, or infused, we’ll be talking about them. The spirit review will be replaced by a [...]

What’s Coming Up In July

Wow! Another month down already. How quick it all goes. So it’s now July. I have lots of great stuff coming up in the coming month as well. Hopefully as I get unpacked this blog will hit its stride and do all I promised to do. In the next month you can expect:

Bar [...]

What’s Coming in June

Hello my faithful readers. It’s the first day of the month, so I thought I’d give you some idea about what is coming up in the blog:

Reviews! I have reviews already written up and posted for Gosling’s Black Seal, Bogle’s limited release port, and Smuttynose’s pumpkin ale. I may also offer another rum review (Rhum [...]

A Look Forward

Good afternoon everyone. Here in Boston it’s a balmy 72 and sunny. I just thought I’d post some things that all my readers (both of you) can look forward to in the coming month:

I drank a lot of booze yesterday, and wrote reviews on the first three tastings: Woodchuck’s granny smith cider, which I’ve posted, [...]

Welcome to A Dram of Brine

Welcome to my blog. You may be asking what is “A Dram of Brine?”
The scientific answer is that it’s an eighth of a fluid ounce of saturated saline (that’s about 3.70 mL in the US and 3.55 mL for our friends across the pond). Of course, I use it a bit more figuratively. A dram [...]