Jeff Altman’s Beer Bible Updated: Nice Guys Finish Books
This will be short, mainly because the book is fairly short and I already said most of this, back in Continue reading
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The Programming of The American Drinker: A 2021 Update
I firmly believe that, for the majority of Americans our tastes in wine, liquor, and beer are largely determined by the early information we receive when being exposed to these beverages for the first couple of years.
OFF Topic. ON Consequences and Come-Uppance
What happens when the fabled American Attention Span moves on, as it ALWAYS does, and Trump is a sad and distant relic of their Party’s failures?
A Confederacy of Brats: The Great American Tantrum
What we have is millions of emotional and intellectual toddlers; arrested development cases who grew into the idea that they should always get their way, whether anybody else liked it or not, whether they deserved it or not.
Holiday Smack-Up: Once Again, Uncle Nearest: The Greatest American Whiskey You Never Heard Of
As someone who was so repelled by the South’s heinous record of discrimination and savagery against blacks that I moved all the way to Seattle to get out of the virulent remnants of that culture, it is grimly satisfying to me to see parts of the South, however slowly and painfully, begin the process of accepting and honoring the enormous cultural contribution of its early African American settlers.
Why America is Broken: The Dark Age of Entitlement
Whatever happens, make no mistake about it: this fractious time in America is at least as much about entitlement as any other single factor.
The Pub Grub Redux: STILL a Bit Too Much Sameness
I like beer too much and respect too much the amount of effort, creativity, and skill that goes into making Continue reading
New Direction for the New Decade
This year, The Pour Fool is fifteen years old. It started as a weekly column in a suburban Seattle newspaper, Continue reading
