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Anybody reading my column with any regularity knows my love for Pabst Blue Ribbon (PBR) beer. Pabst is one of those beers engrained in my youth that recalls hazy memories with each bottle consumed. Back in the 80’s when my vocation was a guitarist in a heavy metal band, PBR was our “band beer.” When you are a broke...

Last year, almost a year to the date, I met Jim Koch for the first time. Since then, I have had some chance meetings with the founder of the Boston Beer Company, most notably at his Sam Adams brunch in Denver last September. At that brunch, the entire menu was cooked with Sam Adams beers. Jim always wants to...

Sometimes a bit of writers block can be broken up by the simplest things. I had 3 or 4 different columns started that I hit a roadblock on before starting this one. Right now, I am wondering how smoothly and quickly this will go. I had no plans on sitting down to write this evening, I simply planned on...

In a few previous Suds with Securb columns, I've touched upon the subject of beers in cans. First, in W.W.J.P.D. (What Would Judas Priest Do?) I mentioned the fact that Judas Priest’s lead singer, Rob Halford, likes it in the can. Last summer I rambled on about the magic that an ice cold can of Pabst Blue Ribbon holds...

I know there are some readers out there who will want to email me after this column to tell me what an evil person I am. They will ask how I could possibly promote the slaughter and execution of an innocent cow. Let me do you a favor and save you some time, don’t email me… I really don’t...

Traditionally, with February, comes my Valentines column. This column typically features my wife and her journey into the world of better beers. This year I have a huge revelation, my wife really doesn’t care that much about beer. That leaves me without my muse for this column. I could write about other things I love... my family, my kids, I...

Superbowl time is here again. Superbowl XL. That is a joke of a name. Superbowl Extra Large? Get ready for bigger mistakes by the refs, bigger tantrums by the players, and most noticeably, bigger player egos. Not the winning players but the morons on the losing team that will ultimately point in every direction in the locker room seeking...

Kenny Barron is to Jazz piano what Michael Jordan was and is to Basketball. This is a man that was hired by Dizzy Gillespie sight unseen going on reputation alone. Dizzy, Ron Carter, and Freddie Hubbard have all seen the massive impact that this talent has brought to their recordings and live shows. I caught Kenny as he was touring...

When I opened my eyes that Saturday morning in Denver, I could heard the Nine Inch Nails song “Hurt” resonate in my head. Not the original by Trent Resnor, but the mournful country cover as performed by Johnny Cash. I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real My head was ringing; I...

We were somewhere around Denver, on the edge of The Rockies, when the beers began to take hold. I remember saying something like my palette is scorched, maybe we should have a Pilsner Suddenly there was a terrible roar around us and the sky was full of what looked like beach balls, all bouncing and rolling all over the...