The late great US vice president Hubert Humphrey had a few words of advice for all of us, no matter
Periodically, my daily newspaper, the Oregonian, presents another babblement on the drinking problems of our young people, often followed by
The passion for porter and stout in Russia and the Baltic is due to the vigor with which London brewers
When the Soviet Union collapsed and Winston Churchill’s famous Iron Curtain opened, observers of the brewing scene discovered that Russians
Recently, I was invited to participate in one of those wonderful McMenamin’s “drink tanks.” Once or twice a year, Mike
To those of us in the rest of the country, “ the West Coast” is a world apart. Despite the
Past Great Canadian Beer Festivals, in Victoria, British Columbia, have been a beer tourist’s Mecca. I lived most of my
A few days ago, I listened to Moira Gunn interviewing an author on her public radio program, “Tech Nation,” about
Imagine my surprise when, one morning at 8:24 a.m., I was interrupted at my labors by a phone call. It
For some time now, the Slow Food people in my part of the world have acted as though beer did