Welcome. Most people come here for the blog (latest entries listed on the right). If you are looking for New Beer Rules or book reviews you'll find them archived here.
New Beer Rules
RULE #1: When you open a beer for a vertical tasting and there is rust under the cap it's time to seriously lower your expectations for what's inside the bottle.
RULE #2: A beer consumer should not be allowed to drink a beer with IBU higher than her or his IQ.
RULE #3: You must drink at least two servings of a beer before you pass judgment on it.
RULE #4: The god of beer is not consistency.
RULE #5: It is only beer
RULE #6: The best beer was in the empty glass.
RULE #7: Beer is not the new wine.
RULE #8: More beer, less analysis.
RULE #9: You cannot know all there is to know about beer.
RULE #10: Beer is food.
Book reviews
Tasting Beer
Randy Mosher's "Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink"
Hops and Glory
Pete Brown's adventure that includes plenty of beer, sailing and soul searching
Amber, Gold and Black
The Story of Britain's Great Beers
Beer Trials
Pleasure is complicated.
The Naked Pint
A friendly primer for the new craft beer drinker
Christmas Beer
"The Cheeriest, Tastiest, and Most Unusual Holiday Brews"
World's Best Beers
1,000 or so described in a coffee table book that's also a primer
The beerbistro Cookbook
Recipes you can actually make, beer education and pure beer porn
Beer & Philosophy
Would you trust a philosopher with your beer?
The Best of American Beer & Food
Learn about pleasures of food and drink without any fussiness
What to Drink with What You Eat
Sommeliers meet beer
Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
The book could subtitled "The Story of Industrial American Lager"
Brewing Battles: A History of American Beer
The politics of alcohol production extend well beyond Prohibition
Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota
Both a micro view of the state's brewing industry and a macro overview
Extreme Brewing: An Enthusiast's Guide to Brewing Craft Beer at Home
Step-by-step tips from Sam Calagione
To Cork or Not To Cork
The balance between art and science, commerce and tradition, romance and snobbery
The U.S. Brewing Industry
Data & Economic Analysis
Beer & Food: An American History
Cookbook or history book? Perhaps both
Random quote
"The most dynamic beer culture in the world is here. There is more going on with brewing in America than anywhere else."
- Kalamazoo Brewing founder Larry Bell
