Every state in the USA, ranked by its beer narcissism quotient. How very unexciting.

Hey look: It's a state by state ranking of "craft" beer, based entirely on highly-rated beers desired by beer narcissists.

How incredibly useful.

Not.

It would make better sense, and be far more relevant, to rank states based on an aggregate index seeking to gauge the prevalence of good beer on a daily basis. Establishing rankings based on beers that aren't always available means little. Rather, it's the daily reality: Are good beers available? Where? How far away are they?

I'd take the time to compile such a list ... if I had the time.

Every State in the USA, Ranked by its Beer, by Ben Robinson, Andy Kryza and Matt Lynch

My heart's not racing. Got IPA?

In today’s Louisville Courier-Journal:

Molly Malone's to open pub in Covington, by Ryan Clark.

I still adore Irish pubs, but it’s important for me to make a point.

While there was a time when Irish pubs provided a veritable oasis of choice in beer wastelands from Louisville to Bucharest, it no longer makes much sense to exalt the creation of another Irish pub in America when good beer options (i.e., microbrews) are so widely available.

Just my two cents.

April 7, 1933.

There’s an important date on the horizon. Read more about it in my article this week for the Louisville Eccentric Observer (LEO):

Mug Shots: Good beer isn’t hard to find.

Chances are you didn’t know that in 1933, as the cherished day of Repeal drew ever nearer, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt persuaded Congress to alter the detested Volstead Act and permit low gravity beer to be consumed by a grateful public. It would be another eight months before wine and liquor joined the queue … The date was April 7, 1933, and 74 years later, this important “Brew Years Eve” anniversary of beer’s liberation will be celebrated by America’s resurgent craft breweries.