Beer Traveler: These Islands are Hopping

These Islands are Hopping ran in AAB (Vol. 32, Iss. 1, 2012) and takes a gander at a few island destinations where craft beer isn’t just a mirage including the US Virgin Islands, Sydney (hey, Australia‘s an island!), and BC’s Vancouver Island, home to the province’s capital of Victoria.

Book review: Craft Beers of the Pacific Northwest

Wherein I review Lisa “The Beer Goddess” Morrison’s (full disclosure: we’re friends) guidebook to the luscious craft beers of the Pacific Northwest. The narrative is friendly and reads more like behind-the-wheel banter rather than an outdated, second-hand field guide.