“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.
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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
In Praise of D2: My Visit to DeLille
DeLille D2 was originally intended to be a second label…Instead, it has become a true Pacific Northwest and, indeed, an American icon.
Rant # Two on Hard Seltzer: On the Occasion of Idiocy
This adulation of frat-boy tastes ignores a major FACT of the Craft Beer Phenomenon: we all went All In on craft beer because we wanted flavors – and not the same three that were all BudMillerCoorsPabst had to offer.
Russell Wilson, Arrested Development, and the Inequality of Your Paycheck
If you read that title and just assumed I was calling Russell Wilson an arrested development case, you outran your Continue reading
When Did Rarity Start to Equal Greatness?: The Hunting of Fake Whales
New Belgium and Kirin/Lion: All Too Predictable, All Too Crass
We’ll see what happens with NB. But one thing is an ironclad certainty: as long as brewery owners care more about raking in the $$$ than the relationship between themselves and their loyal fans, these sell-outs will continue.
