The Celt Experience Brewery’s Website
The Celt Experience Brewery on Twitter

There seems to be this notion that certain populations are notorious drinkers. Many European and Baltic nations’ peoples are traditionally portrayed as glassy-eyed, red-nosed lushes. This stereotype simply isn’t true.

Red Brick Brewing Co.’s Website
Red Brick Brewing Co. on Twitter

As I prepare to review a beer with the name Dog Days, I find myself contemplating the origin of the name. Unfortunately, the deeper I dig the more I find noisome superstition and not hard science.

Stone Brewing Co.’s Website
Stone Brewing Co. on Twitter

I was very introverted when my family moved here in 1988. I didn’t know anybody, was starting high school a week behind the rest of the classes and suffering an acute case of culture shock. Basically, this California kid, fresh from the

Anderson Valley Brewing Co.’s Website
Anderson Valley Brewing on Twitter

We get a lot of requests at Hopjacks Filling Station to suggest the proper beer to go with their food. The thing is there really is no wrong answer. Whatever your palate tells you to like is never incorrect.

Jever Brewing’s Website
Jever Brewing on Facebook

I was at an industry trade show a few months ago, beginning to feel a little overwhelmed. Well, okay, a lot overwhelmed. Each table had dozens of selections represented by their distributors and importers. Even if there were no lines and more than the two quickly-disappearing hours for attendance, I’d be useless after visiting only half of the tables.