40 Years in Beer (Book II) Part 50: Papazian goes AWOL as we contest...
Communist-era beer advertising in Prague, 1997.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II) Part 49: Bluegrass Brewing Co. — an ideal brewpub? Also, the Lite-Free Zone.
Beer...
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 68: The advent of the ACBHOF (2024)...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 67: Yuletide atrocities, courtesy of the Butt-Head Bass Quartet (1994 – 2003).
Disclaimer: There aren’t any surviving photos...
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: 17 years ago, the New Albany Historic Home Tour and the Schwartzel family
The Schwartzels at our front porch in 2007.
It so happens that today was the New Albany Historic Home Tour, which appears to have debuted...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 65: Smoky treats, a 9-hour, 9-brewery, 9-beer...
Reign of the garden gnomes at the late, lamented Maisel Keller.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 64: The 2,301 day McOldenberg Brewmall 1990s...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 66: The Updated Good Beer Guide to...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 65: Smoky treats, a 9-hour, 9-brewery, 9-beer Bamberg stroll in 1996.
The 1996 F.O.S.S.I.L.S. Membership Directory Issue (#66...
Tirana 2025: Bunk’Art 2 and a Skanderbeg Square protest
During our recent foray into the Balkans, one of the drivers we engaged succinctly remarked, “Albania was the North Korea of Europe.”
Albania emerged from...
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...
Speaking of epitaphs, a wonderful song called “Get Out and Stay Out”
“Get Out and Stay Out” was recorded for the 1979 Quadrophenia film soundtrack and wasn’t part of the original album in 1973. That’s Kenney...