How many times have you heard that phrase? How many times have you said it yourself? It seems like everyone in the craft-beer loving community wants to be involved “professionally”.
But what does that mean? For some, they want to be in the trenches and on the front lines. They want to [...]
It is either a testament to my growing older and more jaded and cynical, or an affirmation of my good taste, but I had the revelation today that I am hopelessly out of touch with what is “in”, as least as far as our mainstream media goes. On the eve before my thirty-ninth birthday, [...]
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, its that time of year again. The day of lovers. The day of romance. The oft-derided Hallmark holiday of Valentines Day. Time where many expect and receive sweets and flowers, champagne and lingerie, and other intimate gifts. It can also be a time for significant others [...]
Not surprisingly, many craft beer lovers are also homebrewers, and I am no exception. Conversely, nearly every home brewer is a craft beer lover… or else why would they do it? The logical progression is to go from being a lover of beer to being a brewer of beer as well. After [...]
Every day on the road I see the same billboard. “The World’s Lightest Beer”. As if that is something to be proud of. Joe McPhee discussed the one-upsmanship going on in the beer world (lightest beer notwithstanding) such as highest ABV (which has now reached ridiculous levels), most expensive (for the record, [...]
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 [...]
‘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.
And RateBeer dot com was filled [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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