Policy and a Pint: Shaking Up the Election Process

Another Weekend-before-the-election special: A heartwarming, enlightening, uplifting discussion about the 2016 election -- Trump is only mentioned once, Hilary none.

Here's the Policy and a Pint podcast of our "Shaking Up the Election Process" panel at Ruhstaller's taproom a few weeks back, with Caity Maple, Paul Mitchell and James Schwab using no filters whatsoever to discuss, opine and predict the outcome of the election next week, and the next one coming up in two years.

Listen to the podcast here

A Contentious Issue: Placer County's Measure M

A Weekend-Before-The-Election podcast special: Four panelists go head-to-head on Placer County's Measure M. It's one of 16 ballot measures in California counties that ask voters to increase their sales tax to pay for transportation improvements (Sacramento has Measure B).

Placer's Measure M is certainly an interesting one -- both the Tea Party and the Sierra Club are against it. Two of their representatives came onto our "Policy and a Pint" panel last week in Roseville to debate against a Placer County supervisor and the Yes on Measure M campaign manager.

As you'll hear, it was a passionate debate over a contentious issue -- but everyone shook hands and saluted each other at the end.

Listen to the podcast here

Read This Before Opening a Brewery

"During the final session of this year's California Craft Beer Summit, a moderator asked three veterans of the industry if they'd start a new brewery in the state's current beer landscape. The answer was a unanimous "no."

In this Thursday's "Future of Beer" discussion at The Barn in West Sac, we'll be addressing pretty much of all of the topics and comments covered at last weekend's Summit, as it's obvious there's a lot of change ahead for the state's brewers and beer drinkers.

Tom McCormick, exec director of the California Craft Brewers Association (which put on the Summit), is on the panel and will give his take.

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From Light Blonds to Stout Russians, Device Brewing Serves Up Variety

When it comes to holding a tasting, Ken Anthony of Device Brewing is as good as any San Francisco sommelier or Sonoma winery owner.

Watch this SacBee video of him describing four of his wide-ranging beers, then come see him on Thursday -- he's one of our panelists at "Future of California Craft Beer."

Beer: A Beautiful Artistic Symphony

According to the "Pope of Foam," why you should not drink beer out of a bottle or can is because "your nose doesn't dangle in the beer," you don't get "cathedral windows of foam lacing the side of the beer glass," and you're missing out on a "hedonically fantastic" experience.

Come get more advice from this guy on how to drink your beer -- Thursday evening, September 15, at The Barn. Beer pouring starts at 5:30, beer panel starts talking at 6 pm.