The Pyramid (Brewing) Scheme: Make Great Beers!

ose I’ve had to make a couple of exceptions to my iron-clad rule against reviewing any brewery that’s even obliquely Continue reading →

Off Topic: Taxes, Trump, and The Big Con

Quick ‘n’ dirty, for this Pour Fool: Donald Trump is hiding something…and he’s doing it in the dumbest way possible, Continue reading →

Basil Hayden’s and Baker’s: Balls-Out Bourbon, Refined

    I grew up in the South, in the Allegheny Mountains of Virginia, hard up against the West By-God Continue reading →

Pure Bud BS: The Shortest Pour Fool Post Ever

  I’ve now been asked, by actual count, thirty-seven times in the past four days what I think of the Continue reading →

The NW Cutting Edge: Washington’s Gang of Four (+1)

  There are a couple of posts coming up, here at the ol’ Fool Ranch, that are intended to give Continue reading →

Adler Fels: Embracing a New Outlook

“For sheer ‘Bang For Buck’, these are two of the best wines from the US that I’ve found yet.” If Continue reading →

Deschutes “The Abyss”: Just F&#%ing Perfect

  Last night, a great friend of mine, a winemaker and bon vivant and terribly well-traveled academic type, sent me Continue reading →

Deschutes “Red Chair”: NWPA, Defined

A Brief Note from a Fool:  Starting with this post, written on New Years Day 2017, The Pour Fool is Continue reading →