Elysian and the AB/InBev Sale: The Response

In the wake of my criticism of Elysian’s former owners for their sale to AB, I expected to get a Continue reading →

Elysian and AB/InBev: Greed, Overweening Ambition, and the Whoring-Out of a Culture

This post could probably run on to book length, with as much as my stunned brain – abruptly informed of Continue reading →

Concha y Toro “Don Melchor” Cabernet 2010: Chilean Perfection

For well over a decade, I’ve been telling everyone who asks that I think the best value Cabernet in the Continue reading →

Score Whores, Cherry Pickers, and Pseudo-Science: The 100 Point Scale Examined

This blog uses the 100 Point Scale as a means of rating beer, wine, and spirits. I do it not Continue reading →

THREE (Post) Christmas Miracles from Deschutes!

I bow to no man (or woman or any other sentient being in the universe who’s capable of operating a Continue reading →

The Slate.com “Against Hoppy Beer” Debate: A Whine That’s Aging VERY Badly

For reasons known only to God and the little man in Nebraska who runs the internet, a post from 2013, Continue reading →

Stone “Delicious” IPA: Shoot For The Moon and Land Among The Stars

By now, all of us who consider ourselves true fans of American craft brewing know the story on the slippery Continue reading →

Crowd-Sourced Ratings and Why They Suck

This isn’t going to be hard to write as some of what you read here, mainly because I’ve been dealing with this Continue reading →