Josh Rubin

(Ed. Note: In 2014, while sequestered in a hermetically sealed writing bunker, Jordan St.John produced two books. This does not stop other people from delivering books for him to review even while he signs his own book at Christmas Markets. In order to continue to reduce the stack, he must review. Get […]

December Book Reviews: The Handbook of Porters and Stouts

December 15, 2014 in Reviews tagged Chad Polenz / Greg Clow / Josh Christie / Josh Rubin / Martyn Cornell / Porters / Stephen Beaumont / Stouts by admin

There are some particularly good examples in the history of crisis management. Take Tylenol, who in 1982 suffered a major setback in Chicago. Some bottles of Extra Strength Tylenol had been tampered with and contained potassium cyanide. Because the bottles came from different factories, it was pretty clear that it […]

How Not To Manage A Crisis: Labatt Blue

June 7, 2012 in Non Beer Writing tagged Josh Rubin / Labatt Blue / Montreal Gazette / Toronto Star by admin

Competition tends to bring out the worst in people and for all that brewers exist in a sort of brotherhood (siblinghood, so as not to exclude the brewsters) most of the time, there is a significant amount of smacktalk that surrounds events where there’s going to be a significant amount […]

Toronto Beer Week 2011 – Day One – Drinking Sumac, ...

September 17, 2011 in Toronto Beer Week tagged Barrel Bragging Rights / Chris Grimley is a jabroni / Josh Rubin / Mike Lackey / The Monk's Table by admin

One of the best things about the events listing for Toronto Beer Week is the fact that there are a lot of events that are taking place that otherwise wouldn’t. Just the fact that there is likely to be an influx of interest in the subject tends to mean that […]

Toronto Beer Week – Beer Culture Events

September 14, 2010 in Toronto Beer Week tagged Bar Volo / beer / Beerology / black oak / Gimmicks / Josh Rubin / Michael Hancock / Mirella Amato / Toronto Beer Week by admin

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