In case you hadn’t heard, these three guys are going to sip some brews at the White House today and talk about race relations. If racism hasn’t been eradicated by the end of this little tete-a-tete (trete-a-trete?), it’s hard to believe it ever will. But what does each man’s...

I’m not a beer snob by any stretch of the imagination. The word “connoisseur” would get me laughed out of most circles. And get this, I wasn’t even allowed to drink in college. I attended a Bible college in the Midwest (it’s a great school). But I love...

Like Dean and Jack decades ago, Dan Gibson and I will be driving to Denver tomorrow. Will we be high on benzedrine? No. Will we be attending the International Christian Retail Show at the Denver Convention Center? Most assuredly. Will we be sampling some of the finest breweries Colorado has to offer?...

A tip from my friend Kristy lead me to this poll, which sought to definitively decide which American city could truly be called “Beer City USA”. Allow me to quibble with the results. (Also, what’s the beer glass on that image doing in Edmonton, Alberta?) 1. Portland, OR2. Asheville,...

Embedded video from CNN VideoBen Cannon, that young, earnest-looking fellow intent on taxing the hell out one of Oregon’s finest products represents District 46. District 46 includes the Mt. Tabor neighborhood, where I grew up (and where my parents grew up and still live). In fact as his bio...

Fort Collins-based Odell Brewing is new to Arizona, opening up distribution with a packed-house party in Scottsdale some weeks ago. Because Mindy was working a 30-hour shift, and I do love a new beer, I stopped in to the packed-house, catching the national championship game on a TV with folks clamoring...

On one slow evening at the store where I worked in Portland, I was working the cash registers when a boozed-up gentlemen in his mid-20′s with a backward baseball cap stormed in. “WHERE’S YOUR BEER?!” he shouted. I squinted derisively and pointed toward the back. Moments later,...

Ah, Fall. What a glorious season. Around the Green household, Fall means three things: 1) Football2) Chili (It’s Mindy’s signature dish.)3) A new batch of freshly hopped pale ales Two of those really just pertain to me. Mindy might like the changing of the leaves or something like that. For...

Green Flash is a pretty decent, under-the-radar brewery. They’re based in San Diego, and specialize in an excellent IPA, though their Imperial IPA isn’t quite as spectacular. They dabble in the 22 ouncer market with a series of Trippels and fancy-pants beers, but, outside of their typical...

John Bachman, one of my two best friends, made the trip down to Phoenix this weekend for some football. And when I say “some football”, I mean that’s pretty much all we did. From 9 am until the USC officially put Ohio State away, we were parked on the couch. It helped that Oregon...