This month’s Session asked what beer book we’d like to see published that hasn’t been written yet. I picked “What’s Really Going on in Craft Beer,” a comprehensive look at the entire system, warts and all. Lo and behold, while the book hasn’t been written yet, several articles hit the beer world this week which…
This month’s Session* topic is hosted by Breandán Kearney at Belgian Smaak. He asks us to reflect upon Belgian beer, tossing out a variety of directions to go: Our blog is called ‘Belgian Smaak’. We love (and investigate, write about and drink) fantastic beers from other countries around the world, but the reason we started…
At the risk of sounding like the resident beer curmudgeon, forgive me for laying down one big yawn at another annual #IPAday. This year it falls on August 7, 2014. A triple IPA. Originally billed as more of a social media experiment – about which I’ve said kind words – it now seems like throwing…
This month’s Session* topic is hosted by Jake Scholan at Hipster Brewfus. He names his topic “Beer Fight Club” though I’m renaming it “Criticism” to better reflect the theme of his entire post. Jake’s title comes from the following premise: Have you ever drank a beer that became a battle, more than an enjoyable experience?…
The Missoula Independent, Missoula’s weekly newspaper, is a big supporter of the Montana craft beer scene. The Indy, as locals call it, has long been a significant supporter of Missoula’s rite of spring, the Garden City Brewfest. It’s weekly column “Happiest Hour” regularly features great Montana beers and the places to find them. Articles and…
How much influence can a label have? A lot, apparently, if you’ve followed the “craft versus crafty” debate of the past few years. Remember when we called new beers from anyone other than Big Beer microbrews? Those were the days of a few new six-packs from places unknown hitting the grocery shelves. Something unusual with…
There is nothing I can do to stop the endless stream of “Top 10 Beers” and “Top 5 Breweries” and “Top 8 Beer Vacations” lists. Sure, if you’re a brewery you want to see your name up in lights, but can we stop believing any of these lists matter? Endless, too, is the stream of…
I have no idea if its beer is anything to behold, but South African brewery Garagista Beer Co. recently launched an advertising campaign that made me laugh out loud. (Thanks to Beer of SC for the tip.) Perhaps it’s because I have neither the age nor the appearance of your typical beer blogger (and total…
You want people to be honest with you. That’s about as universal of a truth as you can get. Otherwise, you’d be obligated to accept the reverse: I am okay with people not being honest with me. Here’s another universal truth. Much of what appears on the internet is crap. Shocker, I know. Enter FoodBabe…
Can you do the impossible? Not what other people think is impossible. What you think is impossible. Can you do that? Tuesday, April 15, 2014, was the one year anniversary of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, a race that is perhaps the pinnacle of every runner’s bucket list. Jeff Bauman, who lost both legs…