Stone Brewing: Two Beautiful 2015 Barleywine Behemoths

Stone is better than your favorite local brewery. Unless you live in Milton, Delaware, or Bend, Oregon, or maybe Northwest Continue reading →

Strange Craft Brewing, NoLi, and Ninkasi/Devil’s Backbone: Two Fat Cherries and a Real Gem

None of the three beers you’re about to read of here is brand new. This was, in fact, just the Continue reading →

Cigar City vs. AB: An Open Letter to Joey Redner

Dear Joey, In helping run LetsPour.com for three years, I had a lot of opportunity to experience CCBC’s beers and Continue reading →

The Bud Super Bowl Ad: Same Old Bud, Same Old S***

In the wake of my very straight-talking  – you can also spell that R-U-D-E, which is exactly what I intended Continue reading →

Elysian and the AB/InBev Sale: The Response

In the wake of my criticism of Elysian’s former owners for their sale to AB, I expected to get a Continue reading →

Elysian and AB/InBev: Greed, Overweening Ambition, and the Whoring-Out of a Culture

This post could probably run on to book length, with as much as my stunned brain – abruptly informed of Continue reading →

Score Whores, Cherry Pickers, and Pseudo-Science: The 100 Point Scale Examined

This blog uses the 100 Point Scale as a means of rating beer, wine, and spirits. I do it not Continue reading →

THREE (Post) Christmas Miracles from Deschutes!

I bow to no man (or woman or any other sentient being in the universe who’s capable of operating a Continue reading →