it’s fall. that means “back to school”. and don’t think that you are exempt from the task. in fact, as a beer drinker going back to school to learn about beer should not be a chore like it was when we were small. learning about beer is always fun even if the beer that is in front of you isn’t your thing. at least you’ll know not to order it next time.

Boonville is a short beer festival in middle of a brewers party.

Motor has two favorite beers that he will defend to the end. one of them is Ruby from McMenamins.

Anchor Brewing got sold. The sky is not going to fall.

this is the long though lost IPA show. it was recorded last fall on August 23.

Numerous blind tasting panels (where beer is poured into identical glasses out of site of the judges so judges don’t know what brand or what package the beer came from) have proven that beer from cans is indistinguishable from beer from any other package.

the NEVER BEER show is finally recorded. the idea was to take something that you, the listeners, complain about and push it to the extreme. that is, you complain that we drink beer that you can’t get. so for this show we drank beer that nobody will EVER be able to get. okay, this is not entirely true. one of the beers in the collection can be purchased (or could have been). like Firestone 13…

there’s lots of ways to tour a country. you could go it alone where it’s to you to research and plan every move. and that can be daunting. you could sign up for a tour that would take you from place to place on a giant bus. but because of it’s size you won’t see the small farm house off the side road. the better tour is on the short bus with not very many people. and the guide you want is somebody that isn’t just doing it for the money. they are doing it because they love the beer they are taking you to.

it’s a country of the most and the least. the people of China drink more beer as a country compared to any other country in the world. but oddly, the amount of beer consumed per person is the lowest on planet. according to sources 95% of beer produced is consumed locally. it was this country’s demand for beer that caused the hop crisis. although none of the beer from China would be considered hoppy.

for years Motor’s b-day had a specific name. Festival de Motor alternated years between adults only and kid friendly. there’s been trains, skating, casinos, more trains, buses and other trains. he likes trains. there’s a video on YouTube of the bus tour which not only went everywhere it came with shirts.