More Than a Pint of Plain
It would vaguely sacrilegious to travel to Ireland and not have some of the black stuff—Guinness, or Murphy’s or even… Read more »
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Read the Books, See the Movie
It should have been no great surprise that one of the positive pre-release blurbs for “The Squeeze” was from Phil… Read more »
No More Golf in South Carolina Until the Confederate Flag Comes Down
June 19, 2015– There are a lot of lovely golf courses in South Carolina, from Pete Dye’s great Ocean Course… Read more »
Through the Swinging Doors in Bennington
[May 15, 2015] Yes, I would like to have a look at Ethan Allen’s bar tab, thank you. And I’ll… Read more »
New Year, New Beers
[This piece originally appeared, in somewhat different form, in the April 8, 2015 edition of The Commons, a weekly newspaper… Read more »
Mellencamp and Hartough Make the Cut in Augusta
The last day of this year’s Masters is also the last day of the exhibit “American Dreams: Paintings by John… Read more »
TAP Beer of the Week: Sixpoint Abigale
[April 2, 2015] There were two reasons I wanted to spotlight Sixpoint’s Abigale. One, I’d never had it. Two, it… Read more »
TAP Beer of the Week: Guinness Blonde American Lager
Sales of Guinness Stout are spiking all over the country tonight, as they do every year at this time. As… Read more »
TAP Beer of the Week: Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
It was Sam Smith’s night at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, as the English singer carted off four of the… Read more »
Hermit Thrush Takes Wing
Brattleboro, Vermont now has three operating breweries. Going by the 2010 census, that’s one brewery for every 2,471 residents. I… Read more »
