I’ve already ragged on Firestone Walker for the Plane Jane names attached to spectacular anniversary beers. So to be constructive I should suggest a sexy alternative to “Firestone 11,” the beer they’ll be lining up to buy today at the Firestone Walker taproom in Paso Robles, Calif. With apologies to Dickens let’s call it a [...]

For more about what this is part of look here. Lisa Morrison (a.k.a the Beer Goddess) is the Oregon Correspondent for Celebrator Beer News and a frequent contributor to several other publications. She was honored with a Brewers Association Journalism Award in 2004. She also teaches SudSisters, a beer appreciation class for women in and [...]

For more about what this series is part of look here. Andrew Mason assists Matt Van Wyk with brewing at Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery in Illinois, the 2006 GABF Small Brewpub of the Year. He also makes the Flossmoor blog one of the most interesting maintained by a brewery. In case you forgot, the [...]

For more about what this is part of look here. Sean Paxton, the Homebrew Chef, was a professional chef for years and has been a homebrewer since 1993. The meals he prepares annually for Northern California Homebrew Festival are legendary, and he writes a regular food column for Beer Advocate magazine. In case you forgot, [...]

For more about what this is part of look here. Steven D. Hales is Professor of Philosophy at Bloomsburg State University, but more relevant here is that he edited Beer & Philosophy. He also contributed a wonderful essay in which he introduces us to the idea that quality is the density of pleasure. In case [...]

And we’re off. For more about what this is part of look here. Neal Stewart is director of marketing at Flying Dog Brewery. BeerDinners.com was/is his idea. His personal web site is the Turkey Sandwich Report. In case you forgot, the questions are: If you could invite four people dead or alive to a beer [...]

If you could invite four people dead or alive to a beer dinner who would they be? What four beers would you serve? Yes, I want your answers. First, to jump start everybody’s brain I asked a few folks known to drink beer these questions. The resulting answers were way too cool to jam into [...]

A few beer related thoughts to help you shake free of any turkey-infused haze remaining after a long weekend: – The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel examines if a surprising surge in sales of Coors Banquet means full-calorie, mainstream, premium-priced beers can end their 21st century slide (Budweiser sales, for instance, fell 21% from 2002 to 2006). [...]

In the introduction of Beer (Eyewitness Companions) we are reminded why there will never be another beer writer like Michael Jackson: “When one thirsts for a glass of wine or a pint of beer, the brain gradually registers the order as a half-heard whisper. The volume is slowly turned up, creating a gentle, purring, reverberation [...]

A six pack of reasons for U.S. beer drinkers to be thankful (no flag waving, but U.S. because this is where we celebrate Thanksgiving today): 1) The imperial pint glass. 2) Our local breweries. 3) The Rule of Saint Benedict. 4) The farmers who grow the ingredients for our beer. 5) That Michael Jackson chose [...]