I Love Beer

I don't always cite the Texas Public Policy Foundation, but when I do, it's because they're correct about the craft beer industry. Give this op-ed a read.

So I never really made an official announcement that this blog was dead, but obviously, it has been, since I haven't posted in a million years (four, actually).
But ILB is risen from the grave! Well, sort of. It's unlikely I'll post much original material here in the future, as I'm at a point in my life where I just don't have time for writing unless it comes with a paycheck....

Another edition of my "Bottle & Tap" column is in the new Current. I heartily recommend Big Hops Gastropub in north San Antonio: http://sacurrent.com/dining/food/bottle-tap-cask-beer-s-the-real-real-ale-1.1640821

Today was a historic day in Texas. A brewpub loaded some of its beer onto a truck and delivered it to another bar.
That beer delivery might not seem like a big deal to those of y'all reading this from a state like California or Oregon, but it's a new thing for us Texans. Brewpubs were legalized in Texas in 1993, but they were forbidden from selling their products...