Tapped Life | Craft Beer Lifestyle Blog — Homebrewing

February is a great month. There is Groundhog Day for summer lovers, followed by the Super bowl, and don’t forget the infamous Valentine's Day. I think the best thing about February, is the romance I feel with stout month. An entire month dedicated to one of the most beautiful beer styles. Standing stout | celebrating stouts in february.

Seems like people have been fussy about beer long before that one ad that Big Brewer ran during the annual Big Football Competition would lead you to believe. Take our third president, Thomas Jefferson, for example. He was a brewer, and apparently a fussy one at that. Now, Beer Sofa wasn’t around back in the early 1800’s to verify this, so we’re using some info that was found by using Founders Online, a search engine and online directory from the National Archives. We’re using Thomas Jefferson as an example because it’s his birthday. But, there are plenty of presidents who...