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Your Beer Smells Like Goat

Beer geeks revel in weird, funky wild ales.

Hate to say it, but Distinctive Cork doesn’t exactly strike me as catchy. I’m reserving judgment on this place, but, from what I’ve read about it, it sounds like they have had some glitches. That said, I like...

to have some wine and a small plate. Maybe I’m not understanding the concept...? And exactly how many small plates do two people have to order before they can be consider customers who are “dining” (versus...

creeping into the texture... and this despite two poor-looking corks. After a bit, what I began to notice about them was the remarkable similarity whereupon my friend commented something to the effect that “they are starting...

Considering completely changing the concept of the restaurant, they probably should’ve changed the name. Definately different from old school Corks. Big emphasis on sandwiches and light fare. More like a coffee bar menu....

. Unfortunately they were out—the tubs were empty. We then headed over to Cork, an enoteca on Bridgeway. We proceeded to spend the next several hours in the garden nibbling on crostini, panini, and nuts, and sampling from...

will admit that I still like the concept of popping a cork on Champagne or sparkling wine. I think some of the negative feelings surrounding screw tops dates back to the time when most screw top wines were lower quality jug wines...

While I’ve never used an actual Rabbit corkscrew, I’ve tried out many rabbit-type openers. Provided they’re well made (definitely not a given and even the well-made ones eventually break), they’re fine for...

is casued by bacteria in cork, so the concept seems to hold some water.

What’s with that restaurant Mammina’s being in the news for having a (low?) $10 corking fee for wine? Their whole schtick was – before this BYOW thing – having a $5 mark-up on their wine list. They act...

Have saved for 10 years a case of Sam Adams 1995 Triple Bock. Uncorked the first bottle and I was confused. What is it supposed to taste like, turpentine, dregs from an oil change??? The cork was a mess, broke during the...

around the globe, I have yet to have a sommelier take the bottle away, prior to the pour. One of the main concepts of the bottle and cork presentation is to assure the host, that this IS the bottle ordered and to confirm that....

I posted this last year in a thread on Belmont restaurants: "I sooooo want to hate Stone Hearth Pizza, but I just can’t quite bring myself to do so. It’s an unabashed "business concept" (Finale anyone?), but this...

i had dinner at Quince a week ago sunday. My food was good, but not great. Nice wine list – the half bottle concept was a good idea for couples, but i can see how a waiter having to open twice as many bottles might not be...