(Adapted from a blog post) July 20 was the occasion of the 18th Annual Indiana Microbrewers Festival in Indianapolis. It’s a Brewers of Indiana Guild ...
Beer is broad, not narrow.
Ronnie Raygun had just been elected king when two of my friends returned from college bearing liquid gifts. One of them carried bottles of Pilsner Urq...
Tiresome thirst-inducing critters, those pesky facts.
A conscientious craft beer zealot needs to stay informed about world affairs of the sort not commonly discussed at RateBeer. After all, yeast isn’t th...
A VIP and an IBU walk into a beer fest
(Photo credit: Storify, via Mashable.com) I went to my first rock concert at the age of 15 in 1975. The venue was Louisville Gardens, and the band was...
Indiana Statecraft (Part Two)
(Full disclosure: I am a director on the board of the Brewers of Indiana Guild. However, my thoughts are strictly my own, and do not reflect official ...
One lump or two?
(I’m delaying Part Two of “Indiana Statecraft” until June 1; thanks for waiting — RAB) As the venerated journalist David Brinkley once put it, “...
Indiana Statecraft (Part One)
What was that? How many breweries are located in the state of Indiana? Only your friendly statewide trade organization knows for sure, although with t...
The Sahara of Slugger Field
The Triple-A Louisville Bats began play earlier this month amid the usual hot stove and cold fridge speculation as to whether Louisville Slugger Field...
Quality Patrol
The 2013 Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) took place in the nation’s capital last week, and my record remains unblemished, because I’ve never attended a...
Killa Stella
In his autobiographical book, “The Factory of Facts,” the Belgian-American writer Luc Sante recalls the drab post-WW II industrial reality of his chil...