Labas!

Among my interests, one which holds my profound attention is beer.

I might say that I have a love affair with beer: not simply with its flavors —as delicious, complex, and varied as they may be— but with its history, science, lore, and evolving creation.

About Me

• I am a representative for Select Wines, Inc., a wholesaler of wine and beer in northern Virginia. My wine portfolio features 'new world' and 'old world' wines, with an emphasis on France, Italy, Austria, and sustainable 'New World' wines. My beer portfolio includes beers from several American East Coast craft breweries and other imported beers.
  
  
• In the beer trade since the early 1990s, I have been a brewer, a brewery manager, a brewpub owner, a beer and wine salesman, a restaurant manager, and a brewery consultant.
  
  
• I conduct beer training, restaurant beer AND wine lists, beer tastings, beer and food pairings, and beer seminars. I consult on brewery start-ups.Contact me for bookings and information.
  
  
• Beer (and wine) may be my profession, but cask ale —the beauty of beer at its freshest— is my mission.
  
  
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My 'Good Fermentable' Events

• When in the month view (month tab at upper right of frame), click on a particular date to see details.
• To switch to a listing of upcoming events, click on the Agenda tab (upper right).

Where I've Been (for Good Fermentables)

• 7 May 2013 Heavy Seas "VS" Dinner
  Lyon Hall: Arlington, VA.


• 4 May 2013 Austrian Wine Month
  UnWined: Belle View, VA.


• 25 April 2013 Cade Winemaker Dinner
  L'Auberge Chez Francois: Great Falls, VA.


• 17 April 2013 Heavy Seas Beer Pairing Dinner
  Fire Works Pizzeria: Arlington, VA.


• 13 April 2013 Spring Bock Festival
  Mad Fox Brewing Company: Falls Church, VA.


• ARCHIVE

Website

• Much of my writing on beer —cask ale, beer and food, beer reviews and rants, essays, etc.— can be found at my web journal (blog) called Yours For Good Fermentables as well as here on this site.
• I also maintain a 'mini-blog' of sorts, at Twitter, consisting of brief (140 characters) posts.
• For a full directory of www.thomascizauskas.net, refer to the top or bottom of this page.

Never Forget

In the early 20th century, both my father's and my mother's families emigrated from Lithuania. Alone among his five siblings, my father, Albert Cizauskas, retained his given surname. (At the top of this page, "Labas" is Lithuanian for "hello.")

Throughout his life, he remained an appreciator of good books - the words in them and the binders that hold them. Consider contributing to a library of your choice.

At the end of his life, he suffered from Parkinson's Disease ...

... as did the late beer and whisky writer Michael Jackson, who died on 30 August 2007.

I've linked my home computer into a worldwide distributed computing effort - called Folding at Home - run by researchers at Stanford University to better understand protein folding errors, believed to be a cause of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and other neurodegenerative diseases.

There is no cost, except hope for a cure.