In Praise of D2: My Visit to DeLille
DeLille D2 was originally intended to be a second label…Instead, it has become a true Pacific Northwest and, indeed, an American icon.
The Pour Fool
Veteran writer, Steve Body, on beer, wine, spirits, the Business Of, and those who make them…
Rant # Two on Hard Seltzer: On the Occasion of Idiocy
This adulation of frat-boy tastes ignores a major FACT of the Craft Beer Phenomenon: we all went All In on craft beer because we wanted flavors – and not the same three that were all BudMillerCoorsPabst had to offer.
Russell Wilson, Arrested Development, and the Inequality of Your Paycheck
If you read that title and just assumed I was calling Russell Wilson an arrested development case, you outran your Continue reading
When Did Rarity Start to Equal Greatness?: The Hunting of Fake Whales
New Belgium and Kirin/Lion: All Too Predictable, All Too Crass
We’ll see what happens with NB. But one thing is an ironclad certainty: as long as brewery owners care more about raking in the $$$ than the relationship between themselves and their loyal fans, these sell-outs will continue.
Crux: Tough Love, Mountain Traffic, and Raising the Bar
These two ales are all the evidence that any sensible person needs to conclude that Crux Fermentation Project is well and truly into its maturity as what they gave every indication of being from their outset: one of America’s great breweries.
Talkin’ Tastes, Prices, Quality, and Bullshit: A Pre-Christmas Primer
Unless you Trust Yourself, you’re always going to be a little disappointed with wine, your beer, that special whiskey, and never really understand why.
Deschutes “Jubelale”: A Simple Ongoing Miracle
Deschutes Jubelale is one of the best beers in the world. It has been for thirty-one years. It doubtless will be for the next thirty-one.
