Given that Alan McLeod nominated him to be a dinner guest at Alan’s Beer Fantasy Dinner, Martyn Cornell was inspired to come up with his own guest list: – Samuel Johnson – Dylan Thomas – George Izzard – Emer O’Neill He explains why at his blog, The Zythohhile, and titles the post “Guess who’s coming [...]

For more about what this is part of look here. Eric Delia may be be relatively new to blogging, but has some interesting things to say — check out the post titled A Disturbing Trend. I’m hitting the road for a few days, but had to post this first because . . . Levi Stubbs [...]

Port Brewing/Lost Abbey brewmaster Tomme Arthur writes it took him a week to come up with the guest list for his Fantasy Beer Dinner. – William Shakespeare (that makes two votes for The Bard, leaving him neck-and-neck with Martin Luther) – Adolphus Busch – Brian Wilson – Thomas Jefferson Tomme’s got all the details at [...]

For more about what this is part of look here. Alan McLeod has been writing about beer at A Good Beer Blog since 2003, “allowing the world to follow the highs and lows of his beery education in real time.” In addition to writing a few articles for trade magazines, this year he was asked [...]

For more about what this is part of look here. Jeff Bell (a.k.a. Stonch) is the freelance British beer writer behind Stonch’s Beer Blog and his work also appears in the print media. He focuses on his hometown of London, but notes, “I get around Europe and am a zealous advocate of Italian artisanal brewing.” [...]

For more about what this is part of look here. Rick Sellers started Pacific Brew News in 2005 (website, blog and podcast) and this year his articles started showing up in print. He recently signed on as Beer Director for DRAFT Magazine. In case you forgot, the questions are: If you could invite four people [...]

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 [...]