A hopyard just outside of Markt Ingensdorf (southeast of Bamberg).  

Beer and Firkins has announced the topic for The Session #23 (Jan. 2) and it doesn’t exactly fit into a short headline: What will you miss about 2008 (feel free to list your tasting notes, if that item is a particular beer) and what do you expect will excite you most in 2009, in the [...]

21st Amendment has posted the roundup for Session #22: “What Does Repeal Mean to Me?” If you are working on a term paper about beer blogging and want examples of the diversity of the beer blogosphere I’d suggest starting with December Session posts. We’re only talking about a few dozen of the hundreds of beer [...]

Do you think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Then please leave a comment. When I started this feature I didn’t mean it to turn into a contest. I simply planned to post a photos I find interesting, sometimes to make a point. I didn’t necessarily expect readers to know [...]

Shawn and Nico have asked us to write about Prohibtion today in Session #22. Specifically: “What does the repeal of Prohibition mean to you? How will you celebrate your right to drink beer?” I’ll start with a bit of a confession. My great grandfather ran for local office in the 1890s on the Prohibition ticket. [...]