So I never really made an official announcement that this blog was dead, but obviously, it has been, since I haven't posted in a million years (four, actually).
But
ILB is risen from the grave! Well, sort of. It's unlikely I'll post much original material here in the future, as I'm at a point in my life where I just don't have time for writing unless it comes with a paycheck.
However, I'll use
ILB to alert folks to my paid beer-writing endeavors. I have been hired as the freelance beer writer for
Rock & Vine magazine, a guide to "Good life in the Texas Hill Country." My first beer article for them came out this past fall - a round-up of several Hill Country breweries. It is an admittedly incomplete guide - so many keep springing up that it's nearly impossible to keep track, and a comprehensive one would have taken up the entire magazine. This is a golden age for Texas craft beer lovers!
You may read the article in full at
www.rockandvinemag.com - click on the Fall 2017 issue link, and my article spans pages 20-23. You can also go directly to the issue at
issuu.com/digitalpublish/docs/rock___vine