Diary: Best beer list in NA? I know it when I see it, and...
(It annoys me as necessary to post a disclaimer, as it should be obvious that a diary entry is coming from me as an...
The book that wasn’t, why it won’t be, and really, that’s all right with...
Today’s bullet point is borrowed from Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers (1930): “Hello, I must be going.”
Regular readers will recall that earlier this year, I...
Diary: The story of the Sladek (brewer/maltster) stone at Fairview Cemetery
We bought our house in downtown New Albany in 2003, and by the following spring casual neighborhood walks had become a regular weekend feature...
Diary: “Me? I just want to walk the parade route tomorrow” (Oct. 2, 2015)
Ten years ago, I was in the process of running for mayor of New Albany as an independent. I lost, but let's never forget...
Diary: The Craft Brewers Conference was in Indy, but I feared a relapse
Many months ago it dawned on me that the Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America event would be in Indianapolis this year. It officially concluded...
A writing update: the beer book is underway (also, other projects)
I've been unable to disengage entirely from the Reyes wholesale beverage conglomerate ("Monarch" in archaic Indiana beer dialect) and still receive an e-mail each...
The centenary of my father’s birth is today (March 7, 1925 – 2025)
For immediate filing among those factoids that never really occur to you, right up until they do, today is the centenary of my father’s...
An entirely unexpected Sagamore of the Wabash in 2025
If you've ever wondered what a "sagamore" is, the state of Indiana stands ready with an explanation.
The term “sagamore” was used by the American...
It’s your friends, neighbors and a few blood relatives doing this, not El Presidente
Language matters in mental health. The words we use shape how we see the world–and ourselves. The words we choose and the meanings we...
A brief recounting of the Balkan getaway in February, 2025
Obsessions can be of lasting duration, as with my history of 47 pilgrimages to the European continent since 1985, or they can be more...
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40 Years in Beer (Book III), Part 92: Pentecostal pews, beer judging exams and...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book III), Part 91: New Albany’s brewing history, prior to NABC resuming it.
It would be perfectly reasonable of the...
40 Years of Sidebars: Hugo Claus, Frans Masereel & NABC’s one-off Silent Oath Oud...
This Belgian cultural excursion didn’t slot handily into the “40 Years in Beer” narrative, and so I've declared it suitable as a “sidebar.” The...
40 Years in Beer (Book III), Part 91: New Albany’s brewing history, prior to...
Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book III), Part 90: A brewery for the New Albanian in all of us, Lite-free NABC debuts in 2002.
In...
