These are emerging immortals and, yes, there are a couple of small breweries listed and those are located Out Here and you may have to struggle a bit to get them but, well, THEY’RE EARTH-SHAKING, and any effort to get them will be handsomely rewarded.
Crux Fermentation Project…I call ’em “one of America’s Best breweries” and I have seen nothing to alter that judgment a millimeter since they opened, back in the summer of 2012.
Today, racists swear on their mothers’ graves that their attitudes are not racist…and then leave the house and act out their subconscious (or conscious) racism on a daily basis.
For those who barely tolerate the juniper tsunami that is modern international Gin, some Brit fruit merchants have whupped up our Remedy.
Yoked Farmhouse & Brewery is a primary example of how knowledgeable, accomplished brewers, given the facilities and the setting, can create a space and a style that make a killer first impression and invite repeat visits.
I’m going to take a fair amount of, uh, merde for this but the new(ish) McManis Lodi AVA California Cabernet is among the five or six best Cabernets I’ve tasted from anywhere…and it remains one of the most jaw-dropping, howling, irrational bargains in the entire world of wine.
Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye is an Achievement. If I did some dumb-ass thing like compiling a list of Best Whiskeys of 2020-21, this would be on it.
QUIT falling for the communal delusions of “Best”. You have taste buds. USE ‘EM. Listen politely to what your friends say about your beer, your cat, your car, your house, your hair style and then forget it.
The Pour Fool 