Articles
Echoes of the Election at the Bar
As the results of the recent presidential election reverberate through living rooms and tap rooms across the country, statements and stops from candidates visiting breweries are having real consequences on shelves and tap handles. Leading up to the Nov. 8 election,...
Two Breweries, Two Different Experiences
I wasn’t out of my car for seven seconds when a guy approached me in the gravel parking lot of the Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro Bend, Vermont. “You getting Damon?” he asked with a sense of urgency. No pleasantries, no greeting, just a blunt question. I replied...
A Conversation With the Author of “The Year of Drinking Adventurously”
Jeff Cioletti has a job that many will envy. He’s a professional drinker. More accurately, he’s a professional writer who focuses on the drinks trade. A long-time magazine editor and journalist, as well as a filmmaker and world traveler, the New Jersey native has just...
A Showcase For Spanish Beer
Last autumn, for the second year in a row, I was fortunate to visit Spain and experience, up close, the growth of the country’s beer industry. The Feria Internacional “El Arte de la Cerveza Artesana” was held in the culinary city of Vitoria-Gasteiz, where the locals...
Beer Industry Reacts to New Yorker Cover
The New Yorker released its annual food issue this week and before a hardcopy even arrived in my mailbox, my facebook feed was filled with pictures of the cover and friends in the beer industry talking about how cool it was and a sign that beer has “arrived.” The New...