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It's been a very strange vocational year for me.

I went on leave of absence to run for mayor, an ongoing activity that will yield a verdict in one month's time.

Then we began talking about transitions, and I decided to sell my share of NABC to my business partners. Alas, it hasn't been as easy as I'd hoped. I suppose divorces of any sort fall into that category.

Josh Hill left NABC to brew at Floyd County Brewing Company, and then he returned to be a sales person. Shortly thereafter, he took over the brewery at Bank Street Brewhouse when David Pierce returned to BBC St. Matthews roughly 13 years after he moved to the BBC production facility, now Goodwood.

As David makes clear in the podcast, little if any of this has been connected. Correlation, not causation. It was time for change, and change happened.

After listening to the podcast, I remarked to my wife that one phrase jumped out me: Recipe fatigue, or the process of brewers slightly modifying recipes until they've drifted from where they began. David plans on restoring the classic BBC formulations, and this is one of the most exciting things I've heard in a while.

Depending on how political overture turns out, I know where many future growlers will be purchased. Pendulums swing, and back I go to BBC St. Matthews for wings and APA.

Episode 108: David Pierce

We finally talked David Pierce into coming on our little podcast thingy. He talks about his legacy in Louisville’s beer scene, and what to expect now that he’s back home at BBC St. Matthews.

In which I took part in Louisville Beer Dot Com's 100th podcast.

I finally made it back to the Louisville Beer Dot Com podcast.

Diary: Trying to find a copy of the beer podcast, that time.

Deploying John Wurth's math, I appeared on the 12th episode, some time in late 2013. That sounds about right.

The podcast "studio" is the former BBC Main & Clay, now Goodwood taproom -- same location, but expanded a bit and now missing the previous breweriana decor. The conversion was a few months ago, but I don't get out as much these days. Goodwood's Louisville Lager remains excellent.

I'm genuinely appreciative for the opportunity to be a part of the century podcast. Follow the link to the web site, and there are directions for listening.

Episode 100: All-Stars

If a bomb went off during our podcast this week, the Louisville beer scene would be sorely lacking. This group of beer all-stars showed up for our epic 100th episode ...

Get a colonoscopy, already -- and listen to me on the Rusty Satellite Show.

This post has two purposes. The first is to divulge that I was on the Rusty Satellite Show on Thursday.

Multi-modal Louisville journalist Rick Redding does the podcast, and ironically, though we're roughly the same age, share mutual friends and have "known" each other through social media and the internet for a very long time, our first actual face to face meeting came only Wednesday at the Public House when Rick came to record my segment.

Talking with 2X, Beers and Blogging with Roger Baylor

Roger Baylor was advocating craft beer before it was such a craze, and he was blogging about important local issues when most people in New Albany didn’t know what a blog was. But now he’s made a name for himself challenging the status quo and politics of the city, and he’s running for Mayor. And still trying to convince people to steer clear of Bud Light. I’m looking forward to watching the Mayor’s race over there.

Coincidence? I don’t know but the same week that I was writing a column about Colon Cancer Prevention Week for Insider Louisville, both 2X and Baylor told me about their recent experience getting a colonoscopy.

Another irony, and the second reason for writing: Both Rick and Christopher 2X recently enjoyed colon cancer screenings, a topic Rick wrote about at Insider Louisville a few days ago.

Colon cancer screenings can save lives – have you gotten yours yet?

And, I had my second colonoscopy on June 12.

Have you had a colonoscopy? If not, it may be time. Mine's tomorrow.

If you're reading this and are (a) 50 years old, and/or (b) have a family history of colorectal cancer, GET YOUR ASS TO A SPECIALIST FOR A COLONOSCOPY. 

Most insurance plans cover this procedure. It is the "only screening method that is both diagnostic and therapeutic," meaning that polyps can be removed before they turn bad.

Do it now, and spare me the excuses. Okay?