Crux Fermentation Project “Better Off Red”: The New Sour Attitude

    It will come as no surprise to know that the origins of sour beers came about by accident. Continue reading →

The Fool’s Fridge: Besides Deschutes, What DO I Drink?

Here is email Number 100, in a series I’ve now been receiving for the past eight years… “Aside from your Continue reading →

Crux Fermentation Project “Freakcake”: Freakin’ Perfection

    I said, in 2014, that Crux Fermentation Project “Freakcake” is the best Belgian-style American ale ever made…and my Continue reading →

Best of The Northwest 2015: The Year The Beer Arrived

  Best of The Northwest has been, since I started this blog in 2008 in the online pages of the Continue reading →

Breweries Running Out of Names? DON’T Believe It!

  I’ve read dozens of times, lately, that brewers and brewery owners all over the country are worried that, with Continue reading →

The Lists, Part One: America’s Top 40 Breweries!

I don’t get it… Since, literally, Day One of writing The Pour Fool, I’ve had requests for “Best Of” lists. Continue reading →

America’s Top Beer Regions: The “Heres” with the Beers!/Part One

In much the same way that “alcoholic” has spawned “workaholic”, “chocoholic”, “sexaholic”, and “pizzaholic” (okay, I made that one up), Continue reading →

Best of The Northwest 2014: Breakout Breweries Break the Mold

This time of year – every year for the past six – I’ve compiled my most memorable experiences from travels Continue reading →