Revolution Brewing and Three Taverns Beer: The Weary Traveler and Teeth-Gnashing in Chicago

On my trip back to Virginia, this past week, one of my primary aims – besides seeing my mother for Continue reading →

Laphroaig, Remembrance, and The Heart of a Mountain Girl

When I got home this past Saturday, I was about as wiped out as I’ve ever been. Sunday, Mother’s Day Continue reading →

Washington State’s Best and/or Favorite IPA Poll: And the Winner Is…

1,744 votes…seven days…90 total beers receiving votes…seven professionals voting…47 breweries nominated…in the first-ever poll to determine who makes Washington’s Best Continue reading →

The Crux of the Matter: America’s Best Flanders-Style Red

Readers of The Pour Fool hardly need to be told of my long-held regard – okay, call it “mania” if Continue reading →

Absurd Beer List #1,675,334: A Simple Desultory Phillipic

Okay, here’s the set-up, the trigger, the thing which set my teeth on edge: My good Facebook pal and UNCGreensboro Continue reading →

Washington State’s Best and/or Favorite IPA: A Quick & Dirty Poll

We Washingtonians are a very opinionated bunch. Doubt that? Spend 30 minutes listening to either Sports Radio KJR-AM or KIRO Continue reading →

Stone Brewing Sprocketbier: Now Is The Time When We Dance!

For those of us past a certain age, it’s almost impossible to hear or read the word “Sprocket” without picturing Continue reading →

The NW Gold Rush: Suds, Juice, and Booze Go Boom in The Soggy Corner

We Americans love us some competition. Super Bowl, Oscars, Tonys, Car & Driver’s Car of The Year, Kentucky Derby, The Continue reading →