The NW Cutting Edge: Washington’s Gang of Four (+1)

  There are a couple of posts coming up, here at the ol’ Fool Ranch, that are intended to give Continue reading →

Deschutes “The Abyss”: Just F&#%ing Perfect

  Last night, a great friend of mine, a winemaker and bon vivant and terribly well-traveled academic type, sent me Continue reading →

Deschutes “Red Chair”: NWPA, Defined

A Brief Note from a Fool:  Starting with this post, written on New Years Day 2017, The Pour Fool is Continue reading →

Full Sail, pFriem, Fish Brewing, etc.: The CDA Emerges from Darkness

Just What IS a Cascadian Dark Ale? Cascadian. Dark. Ale. Three words which, taken one by one, are fairly easy Continue reading →

Craft Beer& Brewing’s “Best Of” 2016: Here We Go Again…

THIS is a TOTAL RANT, a LONG rant, (well, maybe not by The Pour Fool standards but it started on Continue reading →

Deschutes (with a HoTDog): An Annual Avalanche of Ale Art

THREE (okay, FOUR, one a collaboration) insanely great beers from Deschutes…these arrived within about fifteen days and I took my Continue reading →

Sailing Into Winter: Full Sail’s Darkness and Light

Full Sail recently sent me a bottle of their big, fat, brawny annual miracle, their Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout. My Continue reading →

21st Amendment “El Sully”: The Unbearable Lightness of Brewing

El Sully is a freakin’ MIRACLE of a beer – a Lager with flavor, complexity, character and enormous cojones. I Continue reading →