Strong Beer Fest | Part 2

Remember when I wrote about the greatness of beer festivals? Well, they can also kind of suck. Here are some reasons why enjoying a beer at a brewpub or in your home is sometimes better than at a park with a bunch of drunks.

Strong Beer Fest | Part 1

Beer festivals seem illogical. We humans design festivals to celebrate a thing — often a person or event unrelated to the act of drinking — and then we display our affection for said thing by getting hammered. But now we’re organizing festivals for beer. Did we exhaust all other things worth celebrating? And have we, […]

Beer’s Secret BFFs

In some parts of the world, beer is drowning in cliches. You’ve probably heard many of them: beer should always be drunk ice cold; beer should never taste bitter; beer should invariably be served with pizza. Aside from being inaccurate, these platitudes harm beer’s image, forcing it into a 24-pack that’s way too small for […]