Features
Beer on Ice
When I first considered writing this column, I thought I might need a US-to- Canadian dictionary. But re-watching the timeless movie classic “Slapshot” put me in the correct frame of half a mind to address how beer and hockey have been connected over the years.
The Men in the Big Rubber Boots
If you love the beers of Rogue Ales, take a moment to thank the inhospitable environment of Los Angeles. If John Maier had not found the sprawling city unbearable, he might not have left a lucrative job in the aerospace industry, might not have gravitated to brewing, and might not have made Rogue the innovative […]
A Weekend in …
A Weekend in Portland The greater Portland area boasts over 30 breweries and brewpubs. To visit them all in one weekend would be a little ambitious. One thing you can do to help solve the problem is to visit Portland during the weekend of the Oregon Brewers Festival. With the 20th annual edition scheduled for […]
Booming Beer Culture—Why We All Envy the Northwest
It’s a good time to be a beer lover in North America. The United States now boasts more operating breweries than any other country in the world. North of the border, the number of breweries in Canada grew by nearly half in ten short years. Craft beer in both countries attracts growing and more sophisticated […]
Columns
Light Beer, Light Wine, Light Whisky?
One of the best things I do for myself is to add water to my booze. No, don’t be silly, not to the booze itself: I add it to my booze after I drink that booze. This gives me Light beer, Light wine, Light whiskey, Light sake and Light whatever in my stomach. That way […]
Like Waves on the Ocean
Buddhism teaches that our thoughts are like waves on the ocean, rising and falling back into the expanse, and that our true nature is the ocean itself—vast, spacious, and placid. Freud has a different take, describing an “oceanic experience” as a feeling of an indissoluble bond, of being one with the external world as a […]
An Unlikely Alliance
When the news broke that Anheuser-Busch had agreed to market its Czech rival’s Budweiser Budvar brand in the United States, one grizzled observer of the beer scene in Britain observed: “This is the Hitler-Stalin pact of the 21st century.” A tad over the top, perhaps: beer is unlikely to be the catalyst for World War […]
Departments
Biere de Garde
There is no escaping the agrarian history of beer. This relationship was nearly lost a couple of centuries ago, as the Industrial Revolution seized control of brewing, but recently, beer-drinkers have demanded that beer revisit its soul, born of terroir.
America’s Finest City
A mini-vacation in San Diego? Why not! There are over 25 breweries in San Diego County alone. A beer festival was approaching. And Petco Park was still on our to-do list of stadiums.
Beer Talk
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