It isn’t often I have the opportunity to review a novel. Sadly, there are just too few works of fiction whose main plot points involve beer. More’s the pity. But along comes novelist Tom Robbins...

21st Amendment brewer and co-owner Shaun O’Sullivan turns 46 today. Shaun is one my favorite people in the industry. He’s just so “really, really okay” (an inside joke) and so much fun to needle...

I stumbled upon this list of The 10 Oldest Bars in the United States on the blog for SloshSpot, an online portal for nightclubbing. Their original list: Jean Lafittes Blacksmith Shop; New Orleans, LA (1775) Bell In Hand; Boston, MA (1795) McSorley's ...

This is now our 17th Session, and the topic is another thoughtful one, albeit a little rebellious. Our host, Rob DeNunzio, from Pfifft, titled the Session theme Going Against the...

A colleague forwarded me this press release (thanks, Tom) correctly concluding it was ripe for blog fodder. It comes from an unusual source, it's a press release from the Avery Dennison Graphics & Reflective Products Division.

There’s a wonderful article today in Germany’s Der Speigel showcasing University of Pennsylvania Archaeologist Patrick McGovern’s theory that alcohol is responsible for nothing short of civilization itself. Titled Alcohol’s Neolithic Origins: Brewing...

I’m pretty sure Heineken has done this in year’s past, too, but this year the bottle tree they built in Shanghai, China is more massive, using 1,000 bottles to create the glass Christmas tree. On Nanjing Road, the giant tree was built with full...

Today’s ad was chosen with Christmas is mind. It’s a Schlitz ad from 1950 and it was created by famed illustrator Albert Dorne. I love the story unfolding in the ad. The guy is pouring the beer while peering mischievously up at the clock, which reads...

Yesterday I attended my first Tweetup, organized by Ashley Routson — a.k.a. The Beer Wench — and Fred Abercrombie from Ünnecessary Ümlaut. Though we’ve attended at least one beer event together, I’d yet to meet either blogger. So this seemed like...

This is pretty cool, despite the Corona bottles. Thanks to The Beer Babe for Tweeting this and Luke at A Blog About Beer for initially posting it. According to the musician who made the video, BoTLpLayA, “[he] play[s] Carol of the Bells on perfectly...