When I think about the significance of the use of hops in beer, not only for preserving beer but for taste, aroma and character, Stone Brewing always comes to the top of my beer chain. I started drinking Stone when it was a fairly new name on the market. My first was Stone Pale Ale, and […]

Ed.: Jumping, once again, out of sequence in Dave’s travels through the west, we present a recent adventure near his boyhood home. Northeast Ohio has gone through a great deal of changes since I left in the late 1970’s.  I grew up in Youngstown Ohio, and seeing the city and surrounding areas as they are […]