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 →

Craft Beer, Artisan Spirits, and Boutique Wines: Step Away From The “Bubble”

  I’ve lately read repeated iterations of this beer weenie lament about “The End of Craft Beer” and some great Continue reading →

Deschutes Hop Trip and Chasin’ Freshies: The LATEst Fresh

  The fallout from my heinous last eight months of deciding to move and then renovating, selling, designing a new Continue reading →

Deschutes Jubealale, 2015 Edition: #BestJubelYet

  I can tell this twisted tale now, with a year’s remove, because A) it’s kinda funny, now, and B) 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 →

Deschutes “Pinedrops”: The Signpost to Tomorrow’s IPA

I usually beat around the bush quite a bit and that’s on purpose. I spent several decades turning my newspaper/magazine 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 →

Deschutes Jubel 2015: Why Great is Great and Good…Isn’t

I’m about to review another splendid beer from Deschutes Brewery and anyone who has ever read The Pour Fool will Continue reading →