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...
The “40 Years in Beer” Compendium: links, previews, and coming attractions
(Updated on July 18, 2024)
40 Years in Beer is a memoir of my life and times in the beer business. The first of these...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 78: We just had to get to...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 77: A “tight” 1998 European summer (San Fermin & the French Alps).
The whole point of convening in...
Seeing is believing — right, Zuckerschmuck?
This essay originally appeared at NA Confidential on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Then, the pretext was Moammar Gaddafi’s finale. Today, contemplations on a theme...
My curious habit of conversing with other people over beers, and why I won’t...
Today’s dual cover photos depict beers in the act of being consumed, three years apart, illustrating my fundamental position affirming the value of conversation,...
40 Years in Beer, Part Thirty Four: In 1991, a smoky Bamberg sojourn with...
Stein hoisting at the final beer fest in Maximiliansplatz, 1991.
Previously: 40 Years in Beer, Part Thirty-Three: Herzlich Willkommen in der Weltbierkulturerbe-Stadt Bamberg.
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40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 59: Czech and Slovak beer & Hungarian...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 58: Prague, Urquell & the Doppelbock Viscosity Tour (Euro Beer Travel 1995, Part I).
In a more...
Diary: Let’s keep those mine shafts to a minimum in 2025
(Cover photo: Split before surgery.)
Twenty-three days ago I had hip replacement surgery (left side), and the recovery proceeds apace. Gradually strength is returning, and...
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,...
40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 75: My shoes are filled with Volga...
Red Square, 1999: The Soviet-era GUM department store on the left, St. Basil’s to the right, and the Hotel Rossiya to the rear. The...