Obec (O-Betz) Brewing: As In Seattle, so in YOUR Hometown
There is a tangible difference in quality, balance, depth, and unblemished flavor between the best breweries and all those which exist in that continuum of Merely Good. Obec has that.
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Deschutes “Symphonic Chronic”: Megaphonic
This is a fine can o’ suds, here. As convenience store offerings go, this is the Maserati in a garage full of Kias.
Double Mountain “Go Ask Talus”: Great Beer, Bad Pun
Talus goes from dank to stunningly complex without breaking a sweat. Flavors innate to this flower cavort around your mouth like some barely-controlled naked bacchanalia.
US Craft Beer: The Sky is Falling/No, It’s Not
A staunchly adolescent business category, one that existed in a sort of arrested-development haze for two+ decades, has begun to grow up.
Killing Bud, Getting the Guns: Slow and Steady Wins the Race
Within 20 – 25 years, yes, there will still be guns. But there can also be fewer guns and a significant glimmer of hope for a safer, more rational, more mature culture. And we can do this…one by one.
“Fresh Beer Tastes Better!”…Sometimes…
If we remove the possibility for serendipity, of small miracles that shock us, we take a LOT of the joy out of Life and adventure out of experimentation.
Quick ‘n’ Dirty: A Spontaneous Conversation with a Great Beer Mind
Despite the promises that “nothing will change, other than improved quality,” that is never true. To the contrary, it’s the kiss of death for these brands and companies.
The Hot Takes 2023: A Little Something to Offend Everybody
I could easily just wave off all this static but that’s not my function on this planet, for better or for worse, and those with more to lose, of course, have to be more diplomatic…but it’s stuff that SHOULD be said, so I elect me.
The Pour Fool 