Thanksgiving is a time to gather with family and friends around the comfort of a good meal and lively conversation. It's a brief respite from the commercialization that comes on Black Friday and continues through Christmas. The All About Beer family, of course, gives beer the same kind of attention and thought as the food.
For one of the first stories I ever wrote about beer, I took two trains and a bus to a city outside Boston to visit a brewery opening in an industrial park. After the bus dropped me off on a busy four-lane highway, I crossed a parking lot lined with condo buildings under construction, took