Howdy, Chris here.
Sometimes a photo comes my way that’s just so stunning that it demands to be posted far and wide. Today I received two photos from Nakameguro Taproom’s Uto-san, who recently climbed to the summit of Mt Fuji. And what better way to celebrate reaching the top than with a Rising Sun Pale Ale, [...]

Howdy, Chris here.
This is my last blog about our trip to Northern California in March — hell, it’s about time I finally got done with this “series”, it’s already freakin’ June! Anyway, where was I. Oh yeah, when last we left you, we were heading out of Moylan’s on our way to San Francisco and the Craft [...]

Howdy, Chris here.
Our fifth and last “drinking” day in Northern California first took us to Cloverdale, where we met up with Andrew Balmuth of Nagano Trading for a visit to Bear Republic Brewery. When we arrived, we found tour buses from the Craft Brewer’s Conference parked out front, so we held back to let them [...]