Now the Village Voice has a list, Our 10 Best Beers. Great fodder — they include a “plebian” list and a “connoisseur’s list” — but a promise is a promise so nothing snarky from me. Instead I’ll take it out on . . . An opener for screwcap wines. Did...

All of you thinking about posting lists — best beers of the year, best holiday beers, best beers sold in large bottles, best beers sold in cans, best beers — can rest easy. I promise not to pick on any more lists until . . . I do again. You can thank...

Or Czech? I think all the chatter about brewing innovation last week locked up my brain, but there’s nothing like a list of best beers to give it a kick start. This time Wine Enthusiast magazine offers its (apparently first) “Top 25 Beers of 2009.”...

A quick reminder that Jim at Two Parts Rye hosts The Session on Friday. The theme is “Stumbling Home.” Here’s the idea: It’s time to give a shout out to your favorite watering hole. How good are the beers? Any interesting cast of characters? What...

Since most of you read this blog through a feed reader or perhaps only the most recent post I direct you to the comments that followed the one last week about Molson “microcarbonated” lager. Most particularly because a representative of Molson M...