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The Session #143?: The Best Thing to Happen in Good Beer

Tom Bedell

The Session was a monthly effort where beer writers around the interwebs responded to a topic question each first Friday.... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 12: Two Weeks Notice Christmas Tree Graveyard

Tom Bedell

I didn’t really expect to wrap up this year’s 12 Beers of Christmas with a hazy IPA from a Massachusetts... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 11: Fat Orange Cat Winter Warmer

Tom Bedell

I was hesitant about this winter warmer since I’d never heard of the Fat Orange Cat brewery and wasn’t able... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 10: Zero Gravity Bear Snores On

Tom Bedell

In a cave in the woods, in his deep, dark lair, through the long, cold winter sleeps a great brown... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 9: Guidon Belsnickel

Tom Bedell

Santa has his naughty and nice list but other than consumerism concerns, kids don’t normally worry that the old boy... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 8: Sierra Nevada Spiced Barrel-Aged Bigfoot

Tom Bedell

We broke our stay-at-home-with-Chinese-food-and-watch-a-movie-New-Year’s-Eve string in grand fashion this year, with a blowout Mexican feast for 12 at the home... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 7: Allagash Ski House

Tom Bedell

Allagash used to brew a Fluxus series of experimental beers that would sometimes edge their way into the regular lineup.... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 6: Schlafly’s Christmas Ale

Tom Bedell

Tom Schlafly is chairman and one of three founders of Schlafly Beer, also known as The Saint Louis Brewery, the... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 5: Harvey’s Christmas Ale

Tom Bedell

Boxing Day calls for an English beer, and our sole international entry this year fits the bill perfectly. A barleywine... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 4: Aurora Reindeer Breath

Tom Bedell

“…As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky, So... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2024 – 3: Hardywood Gingerbread Stout

Tom Bedell

We gave one of the most popular Christmas beers of the last 15 years quick, but full attention tonight. We... Read more »

Why Life’s Greatest Happiness Comes from the Unexpected

Bob Fagan

Imagine my delight in discovering this unexpected path on a predawn walk. (Photo by Robert S. Fagan)   Letting Go... Read more »

Why You Might Live Everyday As A Miracle

Bob Fagan

Sunrise at Pismo Beach, California (Photo by Robert S. Fagan)  Gratitude: Living Each Day as the First and Last There’s... Read more »

12 Beers of Christmas 2023 – 2: Greater Good Powder Season

Tom Bedell

It’s Festivus for the rest of us, and some of the rest of us arrived tonight, the three grandkids, with... Read more »

Why Taking a Pause in a Performative World Is the Ultimate Power Move

Bob Fagan

Pausing, taking in an awesome sunset on the quiet Las Palmas Beach in Baja California, Mexico is a great way... Read more »