February update: 40 Years in Beer, Baylors in the Balkans, and a forthcoming book...
Regular readers know that my “day job” is at Food & Dining Magazine, where responsibilities have expanded over the years from writing a quarterly...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 73: All 42 pages of the 1999...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 72: Mitch Steele attends a F.O.S.S.I.L.S. meeting (1998).
I cannot recall the specific impetus for creating the...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 72: Mitch Steele attends a F.O.S.S.I.L.S. meeting...
The current biography at New Realm’s website. No mention is made of pre-merger Anheuser-Busch, but it’s probably just an oversight (insert smiley face emoji).
Previously:...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 71: A-B, Molotov cocktails, Mitch Steele and...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 70: Made-for-megabrewing stylelessness at the G.A.B.F. in 1997.
Quite apart from the attractions built into the Great...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 70: Made-for-megabrewing stylelessness at the G.A.B.F. in...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 69: Spring Break in 1997 with the classic Central European brewers.
Apparently 1997 was a stable year...
Roger’s year in music, 2024
The intro remains the same, because I’m lazy.
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Music does something to me, and I’ve never been able to explain exactly why. It just happens. My molecules...
My year in books and reading, 2024
As usual, I’m unsure about conclusions from my year in reading. There is no advance plan apart from challenging myself (cupcakes are fine here...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 69: Spring Break in 1997 with the...
Less classical: The brewery yard at Pivovary Lobkowicz in Vysoký Chlumec, March 1997.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 68: The advent of...
Diary: Let’s keep those mine shafts to a minimum in 2025
(Cover photo: Split before surgery.)
Twenty-three days ago I had hip replacement surgery (left side), and the recovery proceeds apace. Gradually strength is returning, and...
Hip Hops: Craft beer, still “brewed for flavor and drinkability”
I may be missing someone, but it appears that with the possible exception of Louisville Ale Trail, I’m the only writer currently devoting attention...