In commenting on the demise of the British-based magazine Beers of the World writer Adrian Tierney-Jones has written such a lovely headline that I have to find an excuse to repeat it: “Beers Of The World finito: the end of beerwriting as we know it?” If you live in the U.S. you likely never read [...]

The words of Fred Eckhardt. “And it isn’t ever going to be the same . . . I’m glad of that.” Jay Shevek has posted a new trailer for “Beer Pioneers” at Facebook. It’s wonderful. Make sure to watch to the end. To read more about the upcoming documentary: – The video (same as above) [...]

With a rather provocatively headline, “Rate Beer vs. Beer Advocate: The ratings war!,” Top Fermented takes a lengthy look at how the top-rated beers at Rate Beer and Beer Advocate compare. Is there anything to conclude other than “it’s an interesting look at the tastes of the user base at both sites?” You decide. If [...]

Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Leave your answer as a comment. Also feel free to add a comment simply because the picture inspires you. With all the signage you surely don’t need a hint for this one.  

The assistant managing editor in charge of being cranky at the last newspaper where I worked used to have a note posted on a bulletin board in his office: “All boldface is no boldface.” For instance, consider just one entry today at beernews.org. Four more rare beers, including one (Brooklyn Sorachi Ace) brewed with now-rare [...]

Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Leave your answer as a comment. Also feel free to add a comment simply because the picture inspires you. A hint? This is a spot mentioned in the “Ten beery things to do in Germany without visiting Oktoberfest” written for All About Beer [...]

You may have seen mention in various blogs about an upcoming book, called “1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die.” To the best of my knowledge (based on the fact I’ve written the profiles on a few of the beer included) each beer will get its own page. That makes for a fat book. [...]

Guess I should have thought of this before we started our adventure. I could have packed a bottle of locally produced India Pale Ale and hauled it around for 14 months, in the RV, on the plane to and from Europe, in our leased car. More than 60,000 miles, lots of bumping about, plenty of [...]

I’m taking my time reading Hops and Glory, enjoying each page and reading some of them twice. So it may be a while before you get a review out of me. You’ll find early returns at the link above, as well as Stephen Beaumont’s take here. I’m a little surprised that nobody has mentioned (though [...]

Think you know where in the beer world this photo was taken? Please leave your answer as a comment. Yes, I will be impressed if somebody nails this one. After I shot the photo (a few, in fact) one of the people who works where it was taken told me they’d only added this beer [...]