40 Years in Beer (Book II) Part 50: Papazian goes AWOL as we contest AB’s aggression against Budvar

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 me (G.A.B.F., 1997 & 1998)

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...
Diary: 17 years ago, the New Albany Historic Home Tour and the Schwartzel family

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 69: Spring Break in 1997 with the classic Central European brewers

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...

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 65: Smoky treats, a 9-hour, 9-brewery, 9-beer Bamberg stroll in 1996

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 77: A “tight” 1998 European summer (San Fermin & the French Alps)

40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 77: A “tight” 1998 European summer (San...

The expats outside Meson del Caballo Blanco, 1998. Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 76: A boy can dream – about beercycling (and a...

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...

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...

Milk is liquid snot

(This article originally appeared at the former NA Confidential blog on January 16, 2017. The clauses have been rearranged.) I believe that drinking milk is...