40 Years of Sidebars: Baltimore and a few wee drams in spring (1996)
My first visit to Baltimore, Maryland in March of 1996 didn’t slot handily into the “40 Years in Beer” narrative, and so it has...
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...
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...
It’s your friends, neighbors and a few blood relatives doing this, not El Presidente
Language matters in mental health. The words we use shape how we see the world–and ourselves. The words we choose and the meanings we...
Diary: Endeavour Morse, Joseph Brodsky and coping with the darkness of the Open Air...
Back on October 27, 2019 at NA Confidential, I undertook to explain a reference I’d previously made to New Albany as the Open Air...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 55: Cerveza in the afternoon at Pamplona’s...
Reggie, Warren, Don, Christian and Roger rehydrate at San Fermin, 1994.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II) Part 54: New Albanians on beer holiday in...
The Next Train to Bamberg, Now Boarding at Common Haus Hall
The Next Train to Bamberg, Now Boarding at Common Haus Hall
Common Haus Hall (134 Spring Street, Jeffersonville IN) is preparing for its grand opening...
Five Way Vegetarian Cincinnati Chili, because that’s the way I Iike it
It should look something like this (borrowed image).
This recipe is from my mother’s file, via her next-door-neighbors (the Mulloys), and revised extensively. Kidney beans...
The Songs for a (P&u) Departure (4): “Once upon a time I stood for...
We’re told that Nov. 15 will be the last day for Pints&union in New Albany prior to the pub’s inglorious “Hail Mary” flight to...
40 Years in Beer (Book II) Part 53: The birth of Samichlaus at Zürich’s...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II) Part 52: “Anheuser-Busch, Gone Home,” our classic 1997 victory lap.
I’m devoting a great many words to 1993 and...