Two years ago, I was so impressed with an obscure technology called GPT-3 that I thought it merited mention on a beer blog. Last year, AI had become such a big deal I wrote a three-post series. We may have come to the final chapter: mundanity. In my possibly final post, I review the situation.
Read MoreOur friends at AB InBev have offered us a new beer promising a “fathomless palate squeeze.” Wait, what? And Juice Dust? That does not sound appetizing. What is going on here?
Read MoreIn which I look at the national beer market and make some interesting discoveries.
Read MoreDetroit native George Johnson founded Assembly Brewing in 2019, bringing the authentic pizza from his hometown to Portland. Over the weekend, he opened a second location. It is a great opportunity to revisit the tale of George’s incredible perseverance.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, Rogue launched its Dead Guy brand family of new beers. That wasn’t a superficial lunge at a popular strategy, however, but rather the first step on a multi-year plan for reinvention.
Read MoreMy final post about Central Europe involves the physical spaces in Budapest, one of the most historically interesting cities in Europe.
Read MoreWhile I was in Europe, Carlsberg announced it would finally stop using the antiquate Burton Union system used to make Marston’s Pedigree in Burton, England. The news was sad, but it came far later than I ever expected. A eulogy for a technology that was once state of the art.
Read MoreI have spent the last ten days in Central Europe catching up on the local beer scenes and talking to brewers from the region. Here’s an overview of what I found.
Read MoreMy third visit to Prague is really the first I’ve gotten to know the city, even superficially.
Read MoreI managed to get inside the old brewhouse at U Fleků yesterday, and offer this illustrated peek inside.
Read MoreSome travel notes, a weather report, and an open invitation
Read MoreI was recently served a bottle of Corona at a Mexican restaurant. Instead of the familiar blue-and-white label, this giant bottle had a brown one. It was a great beer, and I’ve been trying to figure out what it was ever since.
Read MoreAs Portland mayor/bar owner Bud Clark once told me, “A lot of stuff happens in taverns, you know!” I do, Bud, and here’s an example.
Read MoreA little more than a year ago, Rodney Williams became the North American President of Diageo Beer Company. I was curious how he thinks about the Guinness brand, the beer industry more generally, and what the future holds.
Read MoreIs it possible that the most unusual brewery in America is the one that just makes two beers? Brienne Allan and Michael Fava are certainly making a compelling case with Sacred Profane, their year-old project in Biddeford, Maine.
Read MoreA modest proposal.
Read MoreNo one human can pretend to have enjoyed a represented sample of the beers out there, even the new ones, but such a human might find, poring over a year’s notes, some exceptional discoveries, along with a trend or two. Here’s mine.
Read MoreThat one post every year when I silence myself and let the pictures do the talking. With these amazing little cameras we keep in our pockets, even a hack like me can make the world look beautiful.
Read MoreAs the year comes to a close, I have an update on the health of the Beervana blog, including what the most popular posts tell us about the year. I even meditate briefly on the state of beer writing more broadly in this confusing post-Covid period.
Read MoreWe can’t help looking back at the end of a year, and 2023 was definitely a challenging one for beer. But there was a lot of latent good news if you know where to look—along with a return to the untroubled fun beer offered before the pandemic.
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