“I don’t want another drink, I only want that last one again.” – James McMurtry (from “Hurricane Party”) Before getting to reports (over the next few days) about hops, malt supply, beer prices and other matters discussed at the just completed Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego this quick thought. Yes, CBC included several days … Read more
Wednesday I am off to the Craft Brewers Conference in San Diego. Yes, this involves drinking beer. It also involves a lot of asking questions. In my case many will be wheat related, since I’m starting work on the previously mentioned book for Brewers Publications. But if you were going and could ask craft brewers … Read more
Where is the center of the beer universe? I ask that question because tomorrow I’m headed to Austin, Texas, for the Craft Brewers Conference. Hundreds of brewers will be there, the folks responsible for beers that are getting written about in the Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine magazine, Condè Nast’s new and stylish Portfolio … Read more
In searching looking for something else before heading to the Craft Brewers Conference today, I ended up reading most of an interview conducted with Saint Arnold Brewing co-founder Brock Wagner more than two years ago. The resulting story was for craft beer industry members, and mostly about business, but this short exchange is relative to … Read more