AB/InBev Buys SABMiller: Corporate Cluelessness as Fine Art

By now, you’ve probably read at least some sketchy reports about the Justice Department’s decision to look into the recent Continue reading →

Breweries Running Out of Names? DON’T Believe It!

  I’ve read dozens of times, lately, that brewers and brewery owners all over the country are worried that, with Continue reading →

Mike & Mike, Dirty Water, Rio, and What’s in YOUR Glass?

As is my habit – because I’m a rabid sports fan and listen to sports talk radio for at least Continue reading →

Tomme Arthur: A Long-Overdue Appreciation

  Yesterday, I wrote a little quick post for my Facebook pages, in which I expressed my long-held admiration for Continue reading →

The Fool’s First (and last) Book Review: “The Beer Bible” by Jeff Alworth

I got a feverish email from a publishing house, last week: “Did you receive the copy of “The Beer Bible” Continue reading →

On Cicerones, Sommeliers, and The Cult of The “Expert”

  For at least the past twenty-five years, I’ve had no fewer than a dozen inquiries/requests each year, along the Continue reading →

The Lists, Part One: America’s Top 40 Breweries!

I don’t get it… Since, literally, Day One of writing The Pour Fool, I’ve had requests for “Best Of” lists. Continue reading →

Pliny The Elder, Pliny the Younger, and The Wine-ification of Beer

If you have even a passing connection to the American craft brewing culture, at any time in the past decade, Continue reading →