Beer Traveler

River Rafting

By Brian Yaeger Published September 2011, Volume 32, Number 4 0 Comments | Post a Comment

Do a search on Youtube for “Schlitz Rafting Beer Commercial with Dick and Joe” and you’ll be treated to one of the most ridiculous beer-lifestyle spots outside of the Saturday Night Live spoof for Schmitt’s Gay Beer. The copy that the voiceover guy reads is piece of work: “The river’s running high and wild…carving a path out of the earth…. Whitewater. Alive. Free. And you can never tame it.” But he is onto something. Read More…

Burgers’n’beers

By Brian Yaeger Published July 2011, Volume 32, Number 3 2 Comments | Post a Comment

Memorial Day kicks off the summer grilling and road tripping seasons. Of course, a staycation soaking up rays in your backyard, drinking homebrew and grilling your own Hamburg steaks is a classic, but it’s always instructive to see what unique creations the experts are proffering from coast to coast.

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The Beer Road Less Traveled

By Brian Yaeger Published May 2011, Volume 32, Number 2 0 Comments | Post a Comment

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I― I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost must’ve known what he was talking about. In fact, the original draft of his poem likely could have ended, “And that ale has made the difference.”

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Ski Resorts

By Brian Yaeger Published March 2011, Volume 32, Number 1 1 Comment | Post a Comment

Nothing against a hot toddy nor mulled wine, or even hot cider for that matter, but it can’t be a coincidence that skier and beer rhyme (it may help if you have a Southern drawl). As craft beer lovers, we are drawn by the lure of the great outdoors no matter the season and mountain towns seem to attract great breweries―just keep in mind the high altitudes. Read More…

Flying North for the Winter

By Brian Yaeger Published January 2011, Volume 31, Number 6 0 Comments | Post a Comment

If there’s anything we’ve learned from National Geographic, it’s that animals migrate south for the winter. But we’re neither geese nor pronghorns. Furthermore, we are craft beer lovers, not lemmings. So why follow the herd? This winter, as the Arctic winds sweep across the northlands, embrace the glacial conditions and head for the higher latitudes.

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Beer Into Thin Air Amid Three Great Mountain Towns

By Brian Yaeger Published November 2010, Volume 31, Number 5 0 Comments | Post a Comment

Is it a coincidence that some of the best brewing regions are set in or near the Rocky Mountains? Whichever side of the Continental Divide you find yourself on, from Wyoming down through Colorado and over into Arizona, there truly is something in the water.

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