By Dave Gausepohl with Julie Johnson
Published May 2008, Volume 29, Number 2
Charlie Staats from Texas stands in his hotel room at the Adam’s Mark in Denver, with the door propped open. He’s stashed the hotel trinkets in drawers, and every horizontal surface—the coffee table, the bed, the chairs, even the ironing board—has become display space for his collection of Texas brewery memorabilia. Staats specializes in anything from San Antonio. The room is filled with Lone Star and Pearl brewery signs and beer cans, ready for other collectors who drop in to buy or trade.
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By Dave Gausapohl
Published July 2007, Volume 28, Number 3
Song and beer have gone together for thousands of years. Every one of us has surely found our inner “idol” after a few pints of liquid courage. The drinking ballads of the British Isles, the German Schnitzelbank, the jukebox in a local dive or honky tonk, or karaoke bars in Asia—few of these would thrive without the loosening effects of lager. Breweries know this, have used the opportunity to promote their brews.
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By Dave Gausepohl
Published May 2007, Volume 28, Number 2
When I first considered writing this column, I thought I might need a US-to- Canadian dictionary. But re-watching the timeless movie classic “Slapshot” put me in the correct frame of half a mind to address how beer and hockey have been connected over the years.
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By Dave Gausepohl
Published March 2007, Volume 28, Number 1
Now with the opponents in SuperBowl XLI decided, it is time to look at how beer and football have huddled together.
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By Dave Gausepohl
Published January 2007, Volume 27, Number 6
For a number of years now, the bio at the bottom of this column has mentioned that my breweriana collection numbers over 400,000 items. It was not until this past spring that I realized how vast a number that is.
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By Dave Gausepohl
Published November 2006, Volume 27, Number 5
As Halloween increasingly becomes an adult holiday as much as one for kids, many breweries have discovered that All Hallow’s Eve is a theme to increase sales.
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