Stillwater Artisanal Ales visits Bay Area, Expands Distribution
Last week, Brian Stillwater Strumke (the gypsy brewer of Stillwater Artisanal Ales) trekked across the country to personally introduce his beers to the Bay Area. Some friends and I caught up with him...
View ArticleFest Review: 7th Annual Brews on the Bay in San Francisco
The 7th Annual Brews on the Bay event took place this past weekend, and I managed to make it down for the Saturday event (despite a complete lack of appreciation for the intricacies of Fisherman's...
View ArticleThe Craft Brewers Conference through Ratebeerian Goggles
Where to begin, where to begin, where to begin… The Craft Brewers Conference last week in downtown San Francisco was my first one, and I’m already in party-bus-planning mode for the event down in San...
View ArticleAmerican Session Beer: Ballast Point/Kelsey McNair/Stone San Diego County...
The American Session Beer Column is a collaborative effort with Lew Bryson’s The Session Beer Project™, and aims to seek out the finest lower-alcohol brews from the West Coast and beyond. For these...
View ArticlePliny the Younger and San Francisco Beer Week 2011 Approacheth
My original thought was to post a reasoned, piece-by-piece dissection of Martyn Cornell’s recent broadside against Ratebeer… but I was unable to find much of an argument to dissect and reverted to the...
View ArticleImbibe Highlights New Hop Varieties, Alcohol Trends
It’s rare that I’ll lean upon outside news sources or magazine articles as primary content (which probably just points to the fact that good bloggers are significantly more savvy and reactionary than I...
View ArticleSeven San Francisco Beer Week Events I’ll Regret Missing
*** Note: There should totally be “I Survived Pliny the Younger Day” t-shirts next year. *** Last week I posted my own personal tentative SF Beer Week Schedule, but (despite my best cloning efforts)...
View ArticleMovie Review – BEERTICKERS: Beyond the Ale
As many of you know, I work as a professional film reviewer during the day. Only part time, obviously, as my obligations as substitute ringmaster, crash dummy, and full-contact hypnotist can be quite...
View ArticleRatebeer.com’s Top 50 American Session Beers
The American Session Beer Column is a collaborative effort with Lew Bryson’s The Session Beer Project™, and aims to seek out the finest lower-alcohol brews from the West Coast and beyond. For these...
View ArticleOn Blogging (or, Pitiful Excuses for Why I Haven’t Done Much)
Good lord, it’s been a while. I’ve been busy. Not with particularly compelling or important things, but basically looking for a bit of peace and quiet before things get louder again. Things are afoot....
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