Writer archives: Bill West

Early release

Ask and ye shall receive.This mantra held true when Sterling Proffer and Kelly Bertog asked Student Association Comptroller Michael Rizzolo for Block Party funding months… Read more »

Beer Bites : Jinx

Jinx (Alcohol Content: 6.9 percent)Magic Hat Brewing CompanyThree out of fourMagic Hat Brewery set out to create a beer that people could drink during the… Read more »

Beer Bites : Murphy's Irish Stout

Murphy's Irish Stout (Alcohol Content: 4 percent)Murphy Heineken Brewery Ireland Ltd.Three and a half out of four mugsMurphy's is the lightest and sweetest of the… Read more »

Thirsty Thursday - 11/15/07

Saranac Season's Best (Alcohol Content: 5.3%)Matt Brewing CompanyThree out of four mugsWhen it came to naming this beer, Saranac clearly mailed it in. Season's Best… Read more »

Once upon a time

One glass of scotch and a comment about breasts nearly crippled Syracuse University's 44-year-old creative writing program in 1995.Jennifer Cotter, an English graduate student in… Read more »

Thirsty Thursday - 11/08/07

                Samuel Adams Cream Stout (Alcohol Content: 4.69 percent)The Boston Beer Co.Four out of four mugsCold, blustery weather calls for a hearty beer that will keep… Read more »

Thirsty Thursday - 11/01/07

Chocolate Indulgence (Alcohol content: 7 percent)Brewery OmmegangThree mugs out of fourFor the 10th anniversary of its founding in October, Brewery Ommegang introduced its new seasonal… Read more »

Thirsty Thursday

Brewers manipulate starchy substances - the most common being barley grain - to generate the sugar that interacts with strains of yeast and transforms into… Read more »