Throughout my travels I’ve interviewed over 100 taprooms across the nation.

With that said, I want to share my personal TOP 5 TAPROOMS along with what makes each of them so special.

Here’s the criteria :

• They have to make beer
• You have to be able to drink at location
• And - most importantly - the people have to be nice.

I also consider location, community, story, aesthetic and of course - the beer.

Listener question today include:

• How was Bok able to afford "The Singing Tower"?

• Why was General Lee so revered?

• Can you see the bells inside the tower?

• Where are you going next?

A symphony of bells play hypnotic melodies …

Harmonies and compositions sound out daily in the small town of Lake Wales in Central Florida.

The peculiar source of the music - a grandiose marble-lined pillar affectionately named ‘ The Singing Tower” - is as wonderful as it is unexpected.

The story behind it’s construction, however, is yet more interesting…

Works Cited:

https://boktowergardens.org/2021/06/28/the-origins-of-the-singing-tower/

https://www.gcna.org/about-carillons/what

https://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/boktower/boktower.htm

https://boktowergardens.org/edward-bok/

https://boktowergardens.org/the-singing-tower/

https://verobeachmagazine.com/features/inside-the-bok-singing-tower/

https://www.floridacurrents.com/the-singing-tower/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ladies-Home-Journal

Not everyday is perfect when you live in a van ...

You’ve likely run into the classic “coffee-pour” video made by people living in vans - stepping out to unveil STUNNING locations as they open the doors of their van.

This is - to put it lightly - not always the case.

Here are the top three things I've found to NOT be STUNNING while living in a van.

I love living in a van, but it’s important to be real about what the experience entails. :)

With that said - let's grab a drink and chat!




Listener questions today include:

• What’s so special about Gettysburg?

• What’s your favorite state?

• If you could recommend just one series to first get into the civil war what would it be?

• Can you show us the van renovation soon?