From the Milwaukee Public Library, early 1990s.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 63: F.O.S.S.I.L.S. at 5 … pungent, robust, pink, funky, Porter-loving and state fair-going.
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“Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.” – Attributed to Robert Heinlein
Walking the Dog was the official newsletter of the Fermenters of Special Southern Indiana Libations Society, and producing it was a monthly commitment I undertook and maintained during the club’s first decade of existence.
It is not self-aggrandizement for me to state unequivocally that the post office’s unofficial vow applied: “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stay(ed) this courier from the swift completion of his appointed rounds.” By hook or crook, I never missed a deadline.
Within the decade’s admittedly narrow context of American homebrewing club information sheets, the 1990s were mine, just as Michael Jordan owned the same decade in basketball. WTD was a superior product, and to this very day I’m proud of it. Had there been a Great American Beer Festival medal competition for homebrewing club newsletters, I’d have liked my chances every single damn year.
But even His Airness finally retired, and as the year 2000...
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