July 1, 2020
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Beer History: The Third Coming of India Pale Ale

Fads come and go in beer, and palates change with generations. It’s one of the things that makes following the evolution of craft beer fun.
November 27, 2020
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Thou Malt Not Covet: In Search of Malt-forward Beer

As soon as the equinox tips the daily balance toward darkness, my craving grows for only one ingredient in my beer: malt. And I’m pretty sure I’m not alone in longing for the warming, comforting flavours specialty malts provide, be they breadcrust, hazelnut and brown sugar, or chocolate, coffee and molasses.
June 10, 2021

Summer’s here, grab a beer, fear the conversation

If you’ve been grasping at the prospect of a normal summer, steel yourself for the dullest conversations imaginable about vaccines, variants, sourdough and the fucking Friends reunion as everyone figures out how this social interaction thing works again.
September 26, 2022

Jazz Kissa at Home

It doesn’t take much imagination to realize jazz kissa – jazz cafes – could have only been conceived from a culture, like Japan’s. Started in the ‘30s as islands of serenity, and sometimes reverential respite from the endless din of Tokyo streets, jazz kissa offered customers hours of Zen ascension through travel to another realm of consciousness through the solemn appreciation of jazz albums played on large scale horn-loaded loudspeakers powered by valve amplification.