2009 is approaching with ridiculous speed, and many people are putting together their dreams and hopes and predictions for the new year. 2010 will bring with it new surprises and gifts as well as obstacles and trials, both in the world of craft beer as well as the planet at large. The happenings around the [...]
‘Twas two nights before Christmas, and I realized with shame I’d forgotten to Hop Press; (it starts with my name). The other gang members were writing with vim, In hopes that St Arnold would recognize them. The hopheads were nestled all snug in their beds, With visions of simcoe and cascade still in their heads. [...]
This article is not about beer. Well, not directly, anyway. You see, I grew up in a wine-drinking household. I lived in California and was the son of educators who, as seemed appropriate, drank only wine. My father would from time to time partake of brandy or single-malt scotch, and my mother was known to [...]
When I moved to the Tampa Bay area of Florida fifteen years ago, finding a craft beer in a bar was like finding an outdoor skating rink: it just wasn’t there. Sure, you could find good imported beer; Guinness, Bass, Newcastle, and so one were readily available in just about every British and Irish pub [...]
Coming on the heels of my Hop Press cohorts Mark and Michael, I have been thinking about the stigma assigned to macrobrews by so many craft beer enthusiasts, myself included. Generally, the rule has been thus: macrobrews bad, craft beers good. There are many reasons to feel this way, and only some of them actually [...]
