North of the Golden Gate bridge you’ll find Marin and Sonoma counties. Within these counties you can find some of the best examples of West Coast India Pale Ales around (no disrespect to THE West Coast IPA from Green Flash). Racer 5 and Lagu…
I have heard nothing but praise about beer from Anchor Brewing so i figured it was high time I gave some a try. Liberty Ale is an American pale ale out of San Fransisco, California clockig in at a pleasant 6% ABV. First brewed in 1975 to celebrate the…
As Sierra Nevada Brewing puts their newest seasonal release, it’s “fresh from the field to the glass with no stops along the way.” With the third installment of Sierra Nevada’s Harvest Ale Series, they introduce a beer that is clos…
Next Monday (July 28) is “Pub Snacks, Revisited” — another NABC beer and food pairing (follow this link for booking information). Over the past weekend, we got some coverage by Steve Coomes of the Courier-Journal:—Rich O’s dinner pairing craft brew…
Last year there were three major arrivals in the San Francisco Bay Area for lovers of fine beer: THE TRAPPIST in Oakland, easily one of my favorite bars going; THE MONK’S KETTLE in San Francisco’s Mission District, a place I’m sorta on the fence about…
This opinion piece in The Australian today speaks as much to the state of beer as the state of writing in newspapers in Australia. This extended quotation of James Jeffery’s writing is remarkable both for its coarseness and its plainness about the mor…
The beer has a very light smell with earthy dirt aromas and a hint of fruit. The color is a pale yellow with large bit of sediment, likely yeast, floating around. The head pours thin, and has light retention.This is beer has a light flavor with a ho…
Don’t feel too bad about America losing an icon in the Anheuser-Busch sale. That company has done a whole lot of damage to American beer culture and diversity over the decades.
Imagine the Budweiser Clydesdale team on a cross-country rampage, with a…
Do you know where this picture was taken? I’ll give you a hint: It’s not a bar. (Even if you don’t know, please read on.)
Since we’re traveling a bit for the next 15 months and I often have a camera in hand I thought I’d…
Due to the fact that I write about beer (and occasionally other things) in a number of different places, I get a lot of press releases and invitations and freebees. This is nothing new to me – I spent many, many years as a music writer and DJ, and rec…