40 Years in Beer, Part Thirty-Three: Herzlich Willkommen in der Weltbierkulturerbe-Stadt Bamberg

40 Years in Beer, Part Thirty-Three: Herzlich Willkommen in der Weltbierkulturerbe-Stadt Bamberg

Altstadt (the old town) in Bamberg, via Wikipedia. Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Thirty-Two: Vienna’s “Old Whisky Malt Waltz,” a precursor of beer revolutions...
40 Years in Beer, Part Thirty-Two: Vienna’s “Old Whisky Malt Waltz,” a precursor of beer revolutions to come

40 Years in Beer, Part Thirty-Two: Vienna’s “Old Whisky Malt Waltz,” a precursor of...

Brauhaus Nussdorf on the day in question, 1991. Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Thirty-One: Euro beer travel 1991, as history ends and begins again. In...
Take this cult (of personality) and shove it

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...

5 years ago: “City Hall’s attacks on county government stand an excellent chance of...

From NA Confidential on June 22, 2018. In retrospect, one part of this equation that I didn’t anticipate was Jeff Gahan’s eagerness to kneecap...
Diary: Endeavour Morse, Joseph Brodsky and coping with the darkness of the Open Air Museum of Ignorance, Superstition and Backwardness

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, Part Twenty-Seven: Ladislav’s language — or, teaching credentials from a tiki bar in Ostrava

40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Seven: Ladislav’s language — or, teaching credentials from a...

Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Six: From a 1990 portal, Sportstime Pizza to Rich O’s BBQ to NABC. Editor’s note: The black and white photos...

No, Jason, a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) can’t enhance walkability when there isn’t...

In fairness, and in most significant respects, living in New Albany is not the same as living in the Soviet Union of old. However,...
40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Six: From a 1990 portal, Sportstime Pizza to Rich O’s BBQ to NABC

40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Six: From a 1990 portal, Sportstime Pizza to Rich...

Current view of New Albany’s north side, where pastures became a tax base. Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Five: The end of the beginning...
40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Five: The end of the beginning (1989-1990)

40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Five: The end of the beginning (1989-1990)

Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Four: That infamous Madrid episode, and a necessary curtailment. According to conventional sources of Internet wisdom, a Europhile is...
40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Four: That infamous Madrid episode, and a necessary curtailment

40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Four: That infamous Madrid episode, and a necessary curtailment

Ireland to France, 1989. No seasickness for me, but several hundred Irish boy scouts weren’t as fortunate. Previously:40 Years in Beer, Part Twenty-Three: Beery Copenhagen...