21st Amendment and Elysian “He Said/He Said”: Mutant Pumpkin Beers In Earth Take-Over Bid!

Be afraid. Be very afraid…. Someone…well, make that “someones“, had the audacity to trifle with The Accepted Order of Things. Continue reading →

Too Many Breweries? One Fool Thinks NOT

My FB friend, RateBeer’s Joseph Tucker, today posted a piece – for the second time – from bonapetit.com, titled “Too Continue reading →

Beyond IPA: Where Do We Go From Here?

If you started reading this thinking I’m going to tell you what the Next Big Thing is  in American Craft Beer…you’re Continue reading →

Tin Dog Brewing and Big Block Brewing: Let’s Get Small!

Harley Davidson. Hewlett-Packard. Disney Corp. Google. Amazon…Apple. Lotus Automobiles. MagLite. Dyson. Mattell. Starbucks. Microsoft…What’s the common thread in all of Continue reading →

The Case Against BevMo and Total Wine: “Drink Local” Means More Than You Think

I wrote this thing once, already. But then I realized something: You already know all this stuff. You just sometimes 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 →

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 →

The Bruery: Patrick Rue Bends the Rules and Breaks the Mold

If you have any regard at all for what the term “craft brewing” means in the larger sense – not Continue reading →