America’s Top Twenty-Five Beers: The Fool-Frontal “Must Haves”

Years ago, while working as a newspaper writer and reviewer in North Carolina, I was asked by a friend with Continue reading →

The Short Life and Ugly Death of 10 Barrel Brewing

It was like a punch in the face, today… I was out all day and away from the computer. I Continue reading →

Hey, America!: Why You Don’t Think Washington Beer is a Big Deal

This morning, I was reading in the forums of a beer site that I sometimes enjoy when I’m trying to Continue reading →

Stone Brewing: Two Glorious Bastards from SoCal

  ¡Those Bastards!  Every freakin’ year, these two ill-tempered bastards show up to screw with my holidays! Here I am, Continue reading →

Deschutes Jubelale 2014: A Little Extra Jubelation!

No, I’m not gonna tell the whole sordid story. Let’s just leave it at this: Because of a very strange Continue reading →

Thanks, Trish: Some Florida Brewery’s New Home Is STILL Available

(NOTE: This was first posted in 2014, shortly after this website debuted. The old Thompson Cigar Factory, in Bartow,  Florida, Continue reading →

SIPS: Samuel Adams Octoberfest: The OctoPop

            It’s fashionable, these days, to knock Samuel Adams. Most people know only their very Continue reading →

In The Craft Beer Paradise, is YOUR Stadium a Dry Hole?

After my last two visits to CenturyLink Field, the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks, a ghost from my past Continue reading →