Sometimes you don’t want all the trappings of an extravagant dinner, with carefully orchestrated service and silver changes after every course.  Sometimes, it’s important to just have some straight forward take-out from the local taqueria, and use it as an opportunity to drink some fun beers. With this attitude in mind, Brian (of Red White and Brew fame) and I set about [...]

After so many huge, crowded beer events, it’s nice to get back to doing some more low key, small tastings.  I love the excitement and energy of the crowds, but sometimes, all I want is to kick back on a couch with a few friends and enjoy some beers.  Brian Yaeger hosted just such an [...]

  I’ve mentioned my friend Brian Yaeger, and his book, Red, White and Brew a few times in the past.  Besides being a recent interviewee on NPR’s Marketplace, he also makes an excellent drinking buddy.  Brian’s most recent stop on his country-wide book tour was at the new Hopmonk Tavern in Sebastopol, about an hour north of San Francisco, [...]