Reach back to your own youth and gather that laid-back-style with a Winter Celebration of fine craft beer, appealing party snackers and great tunes.

Lakefront Brewery has created an impressive array of styles ranging from conventional, German and Belgian-styles to 100% Certified Organic, and most recently, to New Grist, a beer for Celiacs that is brewed from sorghum and gluten-free yeast grown on molasses.

You might delight in the fantasy that Franklin, being a man of magnetic charisma, may have dabbled in the beer goggles phenomenon.

This is the brewer’s bible of homebrewing books.

With your intense appreciation for beer, there is little that can surpass the joy of immerging into an overstuffed sofa with a cool glass of lager, your favorite warm body and a broad, flat-screened DVD-treat about your preferred addiction...beer!

In the highly populated taverns of olde, entertainment took on many forms: A brawl between the weary, games of daring and chance, music from the highlands, and the beginnings of the tavern limerick.

Among Cigar Aficionado’s Top 100 Cigar Smokers of the 20th Century, there are three women, a testimonial to the fact that cigar appreciation is not a matter of gender, it is a matter of taste.

The Beer Fox says, “Delight in this festive holiday pie with huge, full-flavored pecans, enhanced with the unique elegance of a complex, finely crafted ale.”

Totally devoid of light, the rich black body stands encased in a robe of darkness, momentarily shimmering with mahogany hues as the persistent aficionado searches for a glimmer of color beneath its tawny, tan head.

The Beer Fox says, “A powerhouse punch of zesty flavors make these ribs a lip-smackin’ delight. Juicy aromas arouse the senses through this masterful blend of honey and ale.”