I give Jeff Allworth credit for bucking the crowd and suggesting the New Yorker feature on Sam Calagione and Dogfish Head Brewery wasn’t perfect in every way. It wasn’t. But his post titled “Wrong” is just as wrong when he writes “I see that he [Burkhard Bilger] has done a great injustice to the world [...]

Do you think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? I’m not asking for an exact location. Heck, at the time we snapped this I wasn’t totally sure of the name of the place. But take a shot at the country and the city, think about what you know about pub [...]

We were forewarned by Ron Pattinson (read the comments too) not to expect too much from the Pilsner Urquell brewery tour. However, rather than requesting a behind-the-scenes look during which I could ask my usual geeky questions, I wanted to see and hear how the brewing giant SABMiller presents Urquell to the public. I’m glad [...]

Another hint, added Nov. 24: The picture was not taken in North America. Do you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Go ahead, take a guess by leaving a comment. This isn’t really a contest, but there will be prizes. Details when we return from Europe in December. The weekly hint: [...]

Alan and Jeff (aka Stonch) are back at it, announcing the 2008 Yule Beer Blog Photo Contest, here and here. They’ve already got a wealth of prizes lined up, so get your entries in. I’ll see what I can find, but I’m oh-for-two in this event and I expect you can do better (thus the [...]

Here’s a case where one dog hasn’t been paying enough attention to another beer loving dog. UK upstart BrewDog’s “Beer Rocks – Brewing up a Revolution!” is worth a look, but the idea of brewing a “democratically designed” beer isn’t totally new. Case in point. Flying Dog Brewery’s Open Source Beer Project. Back to BrewDog. [...]

Are boring beers or badly made beers the real enemy? One thing about moving outside your comfort zone, ordering beers in languages you don’t speak and knocking back what the locals drink even if you might never have heard of the beers . . . you come across both. (Same with wine, which can be [...]

Do you think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Please leave a comment. It would seem I’m struggling to find the balance (struck earlier in this non-contest ) between easy, at least for some, and impossible to identify. But I will keep trying. I little research should make it possible [...]

In a perfect world 21st Amendment Brewery would be hosting the 21st round of The Session rather than the 22nd. It didn’t break that way. Oh well, there’s still good news. The next gathering of beer bloggers falls on Dec. 5, and 21st Amendment is ready for action. Quick class, what does that date mean [...]

Given the sudden outbreak of tales about Italian beer (see below) and the reality I should save something interesting for a couple of print assignments I’m going to write a lot less here than I planned for Italian Beer Part II. Instead I’ll steal an idea from this wine blog, which reviews wines using a [...]