Lew Bryson

Why Beer Writing?

(Photo by Daniel Hartis) Every worthwhile human endeavor has a genre of written criticism attached to it: music, theater and

Lagers

The Hottest New Thing: Lagers!

(Photo by Jon Page) I’ve been reading that one of the hot new stars on the better beer circuit is

Guiding Thirsty Travelers

In 1987, a D.C.-based freelance journalist and speechwriter named Jack Erickson published the first comprehensive guidebook for people who not

Beer’s Social Side

In England they head to the pub for a session. The stammtisch is a German beer hall tradition where regulars

Books

American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler once wrote, “In the case of good books, the point is not how many of