In Which I Pretend To Be A Seer. Craft Beer, Etc.
/Beats me. I can predict a plausible structural future. A cultural one, I cannot.
Read MoreTa-Da! Eighteen Months of Free-floating Angst Gives Way to . . . A New Project
/I plan to celebrate its tenth birthday by publishing a new final chapter. An addendum, if you will, to the book.
Read MoreThe BA and The Very Big Very Horrible Big Beer Merger. Plus A Look At The Future.
/(Oh, oh! I know! The BA’s annual Craft Brewers Conference can include seminars in how to conduct internecine warfare!) (Kidding, people. Kidding.) (Sort of.)
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Craft Brewing? What's That? Who is "We"?
/But in those early years, the passion for fine beer was as powerful as the passion for profit. For Charlie and the other pioneers, beer wasn’t widgets. Beer had heart, soul, and complex intelligence, and when treated with respect, returned the favor by fostering camaraderie and solidarity.
Read MoreLet Us Now Praise: Fred Eckhardt
/“Preach” is appropriate. Michael Jackson created a vocabulary. Fred Eckhardt created a gospel. He preached. He prophesied. He never stopped doing so.
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