by Ding | Jun 21, 2023 | Beer Culture, Fort Wayne, North East Indiana
A few days ago I made the short drive from Fort Wayne across the Indiana/Ohio state line to meet with Mark Young of Two Bandits Brewing in Hicksville, OH. My mission was to chat with one half of the Bandit team about his story, and the story of beer that he... 
by Ding | Apr 22, 2023 | Beer Culture, Beer Philosophy
… in 2023, as a fifty-six year old beer drinker of 40+ years. 1. Use the term, “West Coast IPA”. Trying to get people to define what they actually mean by this, usually elicits all manner of responses that lack any kind of consensus, or cohesion or... 
by Ding | Jan 24, 2023 | Buying Beer
Following this post about shipping beer to the US from Belgium I wanted to follow up with a a similar one, this time highlighting a few recent internal buying & shipping experiences of Belgian (and other) beer. Once again this catalogs only three recent... 
by Ding | Jan 20, 2023 | Beer Culture
A very quick observation, and a couple of questions. This afternoon I was in a local tap-room. I don’t care much for most of the beer that this particular brewery puts out, but I can usually find 1 or 2 out of the 10 or 12 that they have on-tap at any one time... 
by Ding | Jan 6, 2023 | Buying Beer
Most of you reading this know that I’m an Englishman who has lived in the USA since 2000. Obviously I’ve had access to a lot of Belgian beer over my lifetime, both from when I lived in the UK, and via my multiple visits to Belgium, but living in America...