40 Years in Beer, Part Fourteen: Pilsner Urquell pilgrimage, locked gates, and a taxi...
The inaugural pilgrimage to the Pilsner Urquell brewery in 1987 was an epochal day even though we were denied entry. I’ve tasted thousands of...
Still failing to reincarnate Keith Moon
47 years ago this month, I was 18 years old, dipping a disinterested toe into college, and utterly devastated that Keith Moon, drummer for...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 63: F.O.S.S.I.L.S. at 5 … pungent, robust,...
Dennis Barry at the 1995 Oktoberfest Brew-In.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 62: Rich O’s expands, and we gain an affinity for Rogue...
Roger’s year in music, 2022
It never hurts to repeat fundamental truths.
Music does something to me, and I’ve never been able to explain exactly why. It just happens. Sometimes...
The Songs for a (P&u) Departure (2): “Empty souls will leave their homes”
Previously: The Songs for a (P&u) Departure (1): “These cameras never lie” One
We’re told that Nov. 15 will be the last day for Pints&union...
Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 7: Vienna and the dawning of a Habsburg fixation
Previously: Euro Pilgrimage ’85, Ch. 6: Pecetto idyll, with a Parisian chaser.
During my stay in Rome, a veteran Australian wanderer taught me a “wedding...
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 56: Michael Jackson’s 1994 visit to Louisville...
Michael Jackson at Bluegrass Brewing Co., 1994. I’m not sure why he is seen drinking from a large glass. It might have been homebrew.
I...
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...
Take this cult (of personality) and shove it
This column orignially appeared at NA Confidential on May 14, 2015, and was revised on February 22, 2019. It has been lightly edited to...