Can’t believe it’s almost here! My book, The Year of Drinking Adventurously (52 Ways to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone) officially hits the street on Nov. 24, but the adventure starts a few days early. And, instead of a typical launch party, it’ll be a launch BAR CRAWL! What better way to reflect the diversity…
Tag: beer
Drinkable Images: Breweriana
Vintage beer artifact collecting is, perhaps, one of the most democratic hobbies. It’s quite possible to start your collection of classic beer cans for as little as $1. If you’re among the super rich, then you’re probably attracted to items that fetch $10,000, $20,000 or even $30,000. Here are some shots from the recent convention of…
The Drinkable Week: Beer! Beer! Beer!
The U.S. brewery count passes 4,000, Jim Koch writes a book and unveils the Sam Adams Nitro line and Red Robin doubles down on craft beer. • One of the big pieces of news to come out of the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) last week was that the number of breweries in the U.S. crossed…
Back from GABF
So this turned out to be one of the better Great American Beer Festivals for me personally. I won 1st place in the Beer & Food category in the 2015 North American Guild of Beer Writers (NAGBW) awards for my article, “Feeding Frenzy,” in All About Beer Magazine. It’s a tremendous honor to be recognized,…
Drinkable Week: ABInBev rides the Golden Road & a bit of whiskey news
Another local docks with the global mothership, an Upstate New York bourbon comes of age and a very merry PDX-mas …All on the latest edition of the drinkable week. • Another week, another craft beer acquisition. Anheuser-Busch InBev announced that it is acquiring L.A. brewery Golden Road, founded by Meg Gill and bar owner Tony…
Drinkable Week: AB InBev/SABMiller courtship, space whiskey glass, Deschutes/Harpoon collaboration
A merger that just might break the world, a glass for the final frontier and an East Coast-West Coast collaboration. All on the latest edition of the Drinkable Week.
