Author: Julie Johnson
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UncategorizedShakespeare’s Pub
September 1, 2013 - Julie Johnson The George Inn sits south of the River Thames near the foot of London Bridge. Its district, Southwark (for us Americans, ignore most of the letters and pronounce it “SUH-thk”), is now a part of London. But for most of its long history, it existed outside the gates, a bastion against invaders and the repository... View Article -
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Guiding Thirsty Travelers
July 12, 2013 - Julie Johnson In 1987, a D.C.-based freelance journalist and speechwriter named Jack Erickson published the first comprehensive guidebook for people who not only wanted to drink American craft beer, but visit the breweries, too. Star Spangled Beer: A Guide to America’s New Microbreweries and Brewpubs devoted one-third of its 155 pages to directories of American microbreweries and... View Article -
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Thoughts From a Former Jackson Editor
July 10, 2013 - Julie Johnson Michael Jackson’s first column in All About Beer Magazine was titled “The Thinking Drinker” and appeared in November of 1984. It had the first-person perspective and the self-deprecating, elliptical style that allowed him to advocate quite pointedly for the best in beer, while remaining unfailingly polite. He was already known in beer circles for his... View Article -
Full Pints - Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool with John and Chris Trogner
July 10, 2013 - Julie Johnson Brothers John and Chris Trogner were born and raised in central Pennsylvania. After a stint in Boulder, CO, where John worked a brewery and Chris in a restaurant, they returned to their home state, and founded Tröegs Brewing Co. in Harrisburg in 1996. In 2011, Tröegs moved to a new brewery in Hershey, PA. AAB:... View Article -
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Attention, Aspiring Beer Writers!
July 1, 2013 - Julie Johnson By 2014, 30 states will be the subjects of beer guides for the thirsty traveler. Those that have been covered only in regional guidebooks (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia) may merit stand-alone coverage sooner or later. But what of the other 20 states? Kyle Weaver, acquisitions editor at Stackpole... View Article -
Full Pints - Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool with Chuck Silva
May 1, 2013 - Julie Johnson All About Beer: What is it about the San Diego beer community? Ten years ago, even though a lot of the major players were in place, it wasn’t on fire the way it is now. CS: I think the fun thing that makes San Diego unique, compared to other awesome metropolitan craft beer hot spots,... View Article -
Full Pints - Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool with Will Kemper
March 1, 2013 - Julie Johnson All About Beer: You have been in on start-up brewing enterprises in many countries. How receptive were they to brewpubs and craft beer? Will Kemper: The reception has generally been positive, for example, in Turkey—specifically Istanbul, because Turkey’s a big country, so you’re really talking Istanbul. -
Full Pints - Pull Up A Stoolwith John McDonald
May 1, 2012 - Julie Johnson What was your background before you turned to brewing? I went to art school for college, then had to figure out a way to make a living. So I became a carpenter/cabinet maker and did that for about 15 years. I became a homebrewer in the mid-’80s and was enamored with the small breweries that... View Article