Deschutes Brewery “Not The Stoic” and “Hop in The Dark”: Spring Forward!

The inner workings of a beer reviewer’s thought processes: Yet another Deschutes review….What to say without reading like a huge Continue reading →

Wind Rose Cellars: Italy Invades The Olympic Peninsula

You gotta love that name: “Wind Rose”…Sounds very poetic and lyrical; like a Crosby, Stills and Nash song about sailing Continue reading →

Revolution Brewing and Three Taverns Beer: The Weary Traveler and Teeth-Gnashing in Chicago

On my trip back to Virginia, this past week, one of my primary aims – besides seeing my mother for Continue reading →

Laphroaig, Remembrance, and The Heart of a Mountain Girl

When I got home this past Saturday, I was about as wiped out as I’ve ever been. Sunday, Mother’s Day Continue reading →

Washington State’s Best and/or Favorite IPA Poll: And the Winner Is…

1,744 votes…seven days…90 total beers receiving votes…seven professionals voting…47 breweries nominated…in the first-ever poll to determine who makes Washington’s Best Continue reading →

The Crux of the Matter: America’s Best Flanders-Style Red

Readers of The Pour Fool hardly need to be told of my long-held regard – okay, call it “mania” if Continue reading →

Absurd Beer List #1,675,334: A Simple Desultory Phillipic

Okay, here’s the set-up, the trigger, the thing which set my teeth on edge: My good Facebook pal and UNCGreensboro Continue reading →