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BYCU Like coffee, Guinness is one of those things I wish I liked, but simply can't stomach. In fact, I lump it in with sushi under the category of, "I Can't Freakin' Believe People Put That in Their Mouth." But I don'

Michigan Beer A TDE reader sent me this great story last week: The Top 50 Brewers in America [http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/media/press-releases/show?title=brewers-association-releases-2010-top-50-breweries-lists] . It's a list of the top-selling craft breweries in America. The

BYCU The writing isn't great, but a young Irishman has penned a decent piece: 17 Cultural Reasons this European Never Wants to Live in America [http://www.fluentin3months.com/no-usa-for-me/]. I don't agree with all of it, but he raises some good points

BYCU Whenever I hear the word "temperance," I remember Chesterton's observation that the word "temperance," in his time, was widely abused. People used it to mean "abstinence" or "prohibited," instead of properly using it to mean "moderation." Well,

Just sittin' around drinkin' with the rest of the guys/Six rounds bought, and I bought five. Roger Miller. Possibly my favorite song lyric of all time. BYCU How long can I survive on beer alone? "Not more than a few months, probably. That's when

Drinking Corner Everyone is getting into the craft beer business. A client recently sent me this link to The Abbey Beverage Company [http://www.christdesert.org/Abbey_Beverage_Company/index.html]. The Benedictine monks of the Monastery of Christ in the Desert (New Mexico) control 84 % of the Abbey Beverage

BYCU I collected a lot of beer cans in my youth and I've drank a lot of different beers as an adult, but I ain't never heard of no National Beer. Anybody else ever hear of it? A convenience store client of mine, incidentally, was able

Gilbert Arrived The new issue of Gilbert Magazine arrived a few days ago (for those unaware, I used to edit that esteemed rag). Dale Ahlquist has a splendid travel piece about this recent trip to England. He spent time in a monastery with Dom Phillip Jeb, who is the grandson

BYCU Blatz plays a key role at the end of The Adventures of Beer Man, so when I saw this poster, I decided to post it. New Beer Writer I ran across an unfamiliar beer writer this week, E.D. Kain. Earlier this week, he wrote a decent post about

The Spending Spree Maybe I'm losing my mind, but I've gone on a small spending spree. First, I bought all sorts of stuff for my garden, probably about $200 worth. I didn't mind, though, because most of them were "capital" purchases that