I don't understand the regional devotion to drinking bad beer in 2014, which it seems, is your larger point, but for those waning 'post-college but still trying to pretend like you're in college' nights it is usually a step up from the other swill.

And that's how I usually end up drinking a Yuengling. Relative to…

For hoppy beers, freshness certainly makes a difference, but I'm not sure where the line is and how our perception of freshness alters how we enjoy the beer itself.

I recently traveled two hours to Bissell Brothers in Portland (and other breweries in/around Portland) for the heavily-hyped beer The Substance. As soon…

I found Founders (..whoa..) session IPA to be the best SIPA that I've had from the 'widely available where I live' list I concocted very scientifically in my head, but I've only had about 10 SIPAs. Pizza Port's Ponto was something a friend considered ship-across-the-country worthy, and it did not disappoint. Stupid…

Is it wrong that I like Allagash Saison better than Tank 7? Am I just being a New England homer? Is there a way to organize solo blind taste tests without feeling like a boozehound?

A friend from the West Coast send out Ninkasi Tricerahops, a DIPA that stands up admirably to the highly regarded DIPA's. However, I've yet to see any Ninkasi in the wild in Massachusetts.

It's still real to me, dammit!

Really, guys? Nobody is going to include Terry Sawchuk's photo in which a makeup artist recreated the supposed 600 stitches Sawchuk received playing goal without a mask for his entire career? Really?

I will give John Henry, who now owns a majority stake in the Boston Globe, credit for seeming to not interfere with this piece. I could see others in his position altering content or preventing this article from being published.

The Oilers are Canada's men's team now? That seems ill-advised.