Bend, The Rules: America’s Stylistically Liberated Beer City
This somewhat cloistered little city, out in the middle of the Central Oregon High Desert, is to brewing what Rome is to religion, Detroit is to cars, and Seattle is to dateless techies.
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Archive for: January 2020
Wine Descriptors: The Translators Are Almost Always Wrong
You’re reading this now because, as with one other post, here, last week, this little gremlin popped up AGAIN, yesterday, looking for all the world like it was brand new.
“Wine Tasting is Bullshit”: A Stake in the Heart of a Moronic Myth
If you want advice on your cholesterol level, do you go to a guy who repairs lawnmowers? You want advice about wine, go to somebody who knows wine.
Reyka Vodka: From Iceland, With Clarity
It’s not at all hyperbole to say that I’m as impressed by Reyka as by any beverage I’ve reviewed since the start of “The Pour Fool”. Tiny sips literally explode onto your tongue, creating all the flavor of an entire mouthful of some other Vodkas.
Fernet Branca: Warped Italians in Earth Take-Over Bid
Before I write anything else here, I want to say this flat-out and unequivocally… I really like Fernet Branca. I Continue reading
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