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 79: Stuck in a moment (and you...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 78: We just had to get to Merry Old England (1998).
“It was from the hunt for...
Diary: Jerry Sandusky is not allowed to rewrite his heinous narrative
I’ve been thinking about Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach and convicted serial child molester. Sandusky is in prison, and his earliest...
40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Three: Beery Copenhagen days and Oktoberfest nights in Munich
Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Two: A placid traditional Danish lunch in Copenhagen, 1989.
Among my proudest moments as an American abroad was the...
Archie’s axiom — or, beer’s ephemeral pass-through nature
Saturday evening we attended a performance of Urinetown: The Musical at Derby Dinner Playhouse in Clarksville, which is celebrating 50 years in existence; long...
Welcome to Nawbany, Episode 1: Let’s all fight for something, anything, whatever
The New Albany City Council’s current president is at-large councilman Jason Applegate, who on March 7 asked that “everyone keep the people of Ukraine...
40 Years in Beer (Book II, Part 42): Barr built the bar, and the...
Barr at his bar; winter of ’92-’93, after we annexed the adjoining suite and installed the strange window.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II,...
Barack Obama’s speech at the funeral of Jesse Jackson
Earlier this afternoon I happened to scroll past the live feed just as Barack Obama was beginning his speech. I listened to all of...
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...
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...