How’s this for thinking/drinking local? The July/August issue of Draft magazine, now online and presumably on the newsstands, includes a list of 50 beers you can only drink in the states where they are brewed. You’ll also find details of our romp through Texas pit barbecue heaven last April. And yes, we really did see [...]

When somebody writes a big ol’ history of small-batch, micro, whatever-you-call it brewing Sierra Nevada will be a chapter and Rhinochasers a footnote. But what’s clear in retrospect isn’t always clear at the time. So I love it when I see stuff like a photo Rob Tod referred to on Twitter. Here’s the link to [...]

The most mentioned destinations for The Session #29 were San Diego, Belgium and Portland. Pretty good choices if you traveling for beer, but if you read the entries in our monthly gathering you’ll find a lot more, plus many excellent tips. Gail and Steve from Beer by BART have the complete roundup.  

This is my contribution to The Session #29 hosted by Gail and Steve from Beer by BART. The theme is “Will Travel for Beer.” Visit them for the recap of what others have to write on this topic. Our family loves travel — even in the years we don’t visit 49 states, 9 Canadian provinces [...]