The Beer Travelers recommend these St. Louis-area beer stops. Locations are in St. Louis unless otherwise noted. Bevo Mill 4749 Gravois, 314-481-2626 Blueberry Hill 6504 Delmar Ave., 314-727-0880 Cicero’s 6691 Delmar Ave., 314-862-0009 Dressel’s 419 N. Euclid Ave., 314-361-1060 Il Vicino 41 North Central, Clayton, 314-727-1333 King Louie’s 3800 Chouteau, 314-865-3662 Llywelyn’s Pub 4747 McPherson... View Article
Never has a trip to the library made us quite so thirsty for beer.
Long before American Beer Month began in July, Kalamazoo Brewing Co. founder Larry Bell began evangelizing. “The most dynamic beer culture in the world is here. There is more going on with brewing in America than anywhere else,” he said. A style “may come from somewhere else, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a true... View Article
In a country where you can buy beer from vending machines, it’s seldom difficult to find a cold brew when you want one. And if you’re content with well-made, but fairly uniform mass-market lagers, you’ll have no trouble quenching your thirst in Japan.
For the English-speaking tourist, trying to track down microbrews in Japan can produce headaches worse than any hangover has ever caused. The obvious language barrier is compounded by the sometimes confusing system of assigning addresses in a country where most streets have no name. What’s more, although many people have heard of jibiiru, as microbrews... View Article
Food and lodging Prices have gone up since we made this trip in 1994, but pubs remain a great bargain when compared to hotels. Our accommodations didn’t always include a private bath but came with a full English breakfast that provided plenty of fuel for a good morning of hiking. Pub lunches, accompanied by a... View Article
You may find quicker ways to sample the delightful beers of Britain’s regional breweries than to head to their brewery-run pubs in the English countryside, but none better. You may find easier ways to visit these pubs than by exploring an entire county or two on foot, but none as satisfying.
Ostrich Colnbrook, Berkshire (close to Heathrow airport) Courage Best Bitter, Directors Bitter, Marston’s Pedigree George & Dragon West Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Courage Best Bitter and guest beers Hardwick Arms Arrington, Cambridgeshire Greene King IPA and guest beers Olde Custom House Chester, Cheshire Bank’s Original, Marston’s Bitter and Pedigree Black Bull Inn Coniston, Cumbria Coniston Bluebird Bitter,... View Article
Until the arrival of the “iron way”⎯the railroad network⎯in the 19th century, people traveled by horse-drawn coaches that also carried the mail. Journeys were long and tiring, so a vast network of “coaching inns” offering food, drink and accommodations sprang up all over England. Many survive in all their half-timbered glory, as Ted Bruning discovered... View Article
