Cameron Hughes: A Little Bombast, a LOT of Wine
I was knocked sideways by these wines. These are jaw-dropping wines at prices that will drop your jaw even further, right through the freakin’ floor.
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Veteran writer, Steve Body, on beer, wine, spirits, the Business Of, and those who make them…
The Hard Seltzer Thing: NOT Buyin’ It
If you walk into a brewery taproom and start extolling the virtues of seltzer over beer, expect to evoke laughter and derision.
Double Mountain Brewery: How d’Ya Like Them Apples?
With every new iteration, Double Mountain has NAILED – I mean like with a sledgehammer – what they were going for in these bottles. Every time, with zero missteps.
Deschutes “Only Slightly Exaggerated” IPA: One of THOSE Beers
This is a bottle of Magic…one of those beers. From one of those places. At one of those times when we all could really use a little touch of Something Wonderful.
Crux Coolship Series: A Fundamental Denial of The Box
Crux Gypsy Coolship – the idea and this beer – is a blast of fresh air, fresh inspiration, and fresh flavors that blows the cobwebs off a crowded beer culture.
WILDLY Off-Topic: A Big Ol’ Fat-Ass Mess o’ Philosophical Haiku
To feel closer to the departed Scrotum , I guess, out came these 41 little pearls, not so much cast before swine as authored by one.
PAUSE: The Enemy of Beer of Wine of Whiskey…of Life
When I was a child, it was fairly rare to find a family touched by cancer. Today…it’s rare to find any single individual who doesn’t own a storehouse of pain from the loss of someone they loved.
Deschutes “Lil’ Squeezy”: Hedonistic Goes Lite!
This may be one of the most timely, most surprising, most cleanly flavorful, most wildly and compusively drinkable, and most purely delicious ales I’ve ever tasted from The Folks On Simpson.
