Just when you think things can’t get any goofier, Texas comes through. Generous people, great food, a dynamite music culture, but the institutions of government beggar belief—and this is according to my Texas friends. The recent Texas Bored of Education’s ...
Earlier this month, I was fortunate to be invited back to Boston to judge the final round of this year’s LongShot contest. Starting in 1996, Boston Beer has sponsored this competition to select three homebrewed beers—two from the general public ...
The soft spring evenings have returned, and baseball season. With the Durham Bulls back in the park, where white-hot lights shine against the deep purple evening sky, I’ve made my one visit of the year. I’m not big on sports—no ...
We’re between World Beer Festivals, and this is my chance to reflect on the calls that arrived before our Columbia event in January and that will resume before our Raleigh fest in April. They always do. The phone rings. An ...
My fourth blog post, and I’m already going to wander off-mission, at least a little. Last week our friends Shaun and Angie called to ask if they could drop by the office together with a visiting mead-maker they represent. And ...
Along with their greater safety for beach trips and golf courses, and lighter weight on backpacking trips, there’s another reason to value craft beers in cans. It’s one the breweries can’t extol—so I will. A cold night, a dark cinema, ...
Last week, the staff of All About Beer Magazine had the kind of day that our readers think we have every day: before noon, we moved straight from our morning caffeine fix to drinking lots and lots of different beers. ...
Launching a blog has reminded me of the start-up bands I played in through high school. In the age of Led Zeppelin and the Strawberry Alarm Clock, the first, most critical decision was, what would we be called? The first ...
