(My last visit to Bavaria was Christmas, 2009, during which time the excerpts from the following appeared in LEO) Any farm boy can tell you what happe...
How To Have A Clue
Once upon a time – actually, just the other day – a good friend of mine triumphantly announced that he’d finally landed the job of his dreams, working...
They’re Legislators, Not Logicians
“Drinking should be done in the privacy of one’s own home — where it’s necessary.” -Phil (Abe Vigoda) Fish, on “Barney M...
Pint/CounterPint II
Pint/Counter Pint was created out of necessity when Adam Watson (Against the Grain Brewery) wrote a loving response to the first Baylor on Beer articl...
Homes Away From Home
We went for a stroll last Sunday and passed one of those fly-by-night evangelistic churches, this one occupying an old shotgun house. A man I’d never ...
Bohemian Vignette, 1989.
It was June, 1989, and my precise whereabouts in the bucolic Bohemian countryside southeast of Prague were blissfully unknown, but it was a lazy, sunn...
Far Away (So Close)
It’s time for Great American Beer Festival’s annual renewal, and while I must confess to having wonderful and enduring memories of my three trips to D...
Introducing Pint/CounterPint
Pint/Counter Pint was created out of necessity when Adam Watson (Against the Grain Brewery) wrote a loving response to the first Baylor on Beer articl...
Fear of the Dark
A brief note from the “editor” – Roger’s column will continue to be a bi-monthly feature scheduled for publication on the 1st ...