Sean Inman

I am not one for Best of the Year lists, more of a in the moment person so I am grateful for outlets like Hop Culture that go in on the whole look back at a whole year thing.

Count me as a big fan of festivals that populate those smaller niches and Pale Fest from easily falls into that category.

We start this N/A duo with and their Galaxy Ripple, which they call an Imperial IPA maybe as a joke?

Gotta powerhouse hype combo for the review today in Long Beach have paired up with Portland's on a straight up West Coast IPA, Mere Visions.

Memoirs are not usually my cuppa but after hearing Salman Rushdie talk about his scary new book, about his near fatal stabbing, I added it to my

Add another casualty to the brewery list as Burbank's will arrive at their 8th anniversary and then close up for good at the end of January.

I do remember those days of high abv beer battles and I have tried Utopias as well as that strange beer that came dressed as a former squirrel.

I am not one for Best of the Year lists, more of a in the moment person so I am grateful for outlets like Hop Culture that go in on the whole look back at a whole year thing.

No, it is not a code name for a spy thriller, it is a very famous Flemish sour ale. One that I need to have a taste of again.

I have only had the murky side of up to this point so when I saw a Cold IPA on the beer shelf, I plucked it to review.