I also recommend the Virtuoso - best money I ever spent on coffee gear. It was $200, but I'll have it all the rest of my days. Excellent consistent grind, easy to choose settings, sturdy, reliable. It brightens my every working day to grind my coffee just before work on this grinder.

This is a proper assessment of this execrable product. What's your choice for a good sour ale? What's your choice for the best domestic sour?

I fully support the gluten-free lifestyle for these hammerheads - more sourdough for me.

I've had the Tropical Tripel from De Proefbrouwerij in collaboration with Cigar City - it was very good. I'll have to see if the beer fiends at Party Source in Bellevue, Kentucky have more Cigar City stuff.

Congratulations to the Giants and their fans - they simply played a better series in almost all aspects than the Cardinals.

Their Expedition Stout is a fabulous choice as well. I don't get it often because it's expensive, but it's definitely worth it. The Cincy Winter Beer Fest a couple of years ago had brats that were braised in Expedition Stout then finished on a grill. So damn good.

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It is my hope that many many more protesters are outside the park tonight.

Also at this same game Clayton Kershaw got absolutely rocked for the second straight time in the post-season by the Loathly Bastards from that city full of racists.

"I'm freaking out that some deranged person has planted explosive material on my hands to set me up, possibly a St. Louis Cardinals fanboy"

Whenever I go home, I always get a case of Stag, which used to be brewed in Belleville, Illinois (suburb of St. Louis) and was my grandfather's preferred brand. It's no different in character than PBR, except that it is redolent of the Mighty Mississippi. I take shit from my brother and sister every time I buy the…

I'm going to nominate the aforementioned Dogfish Head 90 Minute. I've had numerous people tell me how great it was over a considerable period of time. I've bought a six-pack on three separate occasions, and all of it had that same unpleasant lingering finish. I'm not a big IPA guy in the first place, and I can…

Avocados halved, then pitted, then straight onto the grill cut side down for a few minutes. They're better if they are slightly underripe. Once they're heated through you will have a slightly charred bit on the top and they come in their own bowl. A little salt and a squeeze of lemon after they're off the grill and…

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Any good tips for creating the delicious bark I get on my pulled pork sandwich at my favorite bbq joint?

Try this:

Your friends at Jalopnik are very disappointed in you Samer.

Excellent as always, Drew, but I can't for the life of me understand why "Deadspin Editors" isn't a #3 seed in the Park Slope Food Co-Op regional.

To be fair, Mike Royko has actually gone to that corner bar in the sky to have an Old Style with Slats Grobnik, so you should cut him some slack.

Blame Lily Tomlin.