The Crusade Continues

A few years into my job working for Charlie Papazian, I had become a convert to the complexity, beauty, variety

On Wine and Great Beer

Craft beer lovers are constantly faced with the world of wine. From aesthetics to bragging rights, we, in some fashion

Trends? I Think Not.

A series of recent beer bar experiences challenged, in my mind, any idea of “trends” for the craft beer industry.

The Unifying Power Of Beer

For the longest of time, the exclusive provenance craft beer movement lay with the adventuresome Americans. There is a certain

The Oxford Companion to Beer

Rarely has a publication produced such an out-pouring of excitement, praise, analysis, criticisms—and, even—condemnation. To say this giant of a

Accelerating Change

I’m old enough to have a firm grasp on the former monoculture of beer. I’m also old enough to have

Peeling Back the Layers

As with virtually every consumable good, the monolithic world of beer has exploded into a culture focused on variety, diversity,

Some Great Festival News

This year’s World Beer Festival – Durham has a few surprises for Triangle beer lovers. To begin with, we’re making

A Day of Casks

What makes a perfect Saturday afternoon? For me it was being holed up in a fabulous joint with a bunch

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