The Vice Blog 2008 Wrap-Up
A friend’s father, a beer connoisseur in his own right, was recounting to me the best brew of his life. It was the summer of 1967, he was sixteen, and when the starting pitcher got injured before his...
View ArticleThe Vice Blog’s Year in Movies 2008
One of my vices even bigger than beer-drinking is movie-watching. I see pretty much every halfway decent release in a calender year, trying to miss nothing that is either critically acclaimed or...
View ArticleNew York’s Best Beers
Sure, it’s easy to heed the refrain “Buy local!” when you’re an elitist living in an awesome major city enclave that has awesome food and drink. But what if you live in a real shithole? I’ve lived...
View ArticleThe Vice Blog’s Top Movies of the 2000s
Indulge me if you will… 1. There Will Be Blood (2007) The instant classic. Even watching it for the first time you realize you are seeing greatness, something that for the rest of time will be...
View ArticleThe Vice Blog 2009 Wrap-Up
I drank a lot of great beers over the past 365 days but these are the ones I remember most foundly. The ones I can close my eyes and almost taste if I think hard enough. If I included it on my...
View ArticleThe Vice Blog’s Year in Movies 2009
As the lights were going down, the high school doofus leaned over to his girlfriend and whispered: “I hope this doesn’t suck.” I would have mocked his childish ennui but I had to admit he was right....
View ArticleThe Vice Blog 2010 Wrap-Up
I drank a lot of great beers over the past 365 days–no surprise considering I spent 30 consecutive days going from beer bar to beer bar–but these are the ones I remember most fondly. (Note: If I...
View ArticleThe Vice Blog’s Year in Movies 2010
2010 was a shitty year for movies. I typically see several hundred movies per year, just about anything and everything of note, but this year I was so busy putting the finishing touches on my novel...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Beers I Drank in 2012
No need for much ceremony, I’d guess I drank somewhere around 700 different beers in 2012, and here are the best of the best. As always, I’ve only included beers I tried for the first time ever in...
View ArticleThe Top Ten Beers I Drank in 2013
I drank somewhere around 800 different beers in 2013, but here are the best of the best. Or, at least the best ones I remembered. *As always, I’ve only included beers I tried for the first time ever...
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