Archive - Ren Drinks Beer

You can’t ferment in the cold

Every plan is a small defiance of time. Until time runs out.

Mar 5 •

December 2024

A spark, a mission, a plum, a crumb

The euphoria of a well-used stone fruit

Dec 9, 2024 •

November 2024

It’s the most predictable story told

'Out with the old, in with the young.' I'm bored with it.

Nov 19, 2024 •

The unsown field

The magic we were given becomes the magic we give

Nov 12, 2024 •

August 2023

#3.02 | Small Town

It's on draft ... at an Applebee's!

Aug 13, 2023 •

September 2022

#3.01 | Newborn

A surprise, and a mouthful of humility

Sep 9, 2022 •

August 2020

#2.03 | Tell me about your tongue

Others’ thoughts? Tastes? They’ll always be mysteries. Still, it’s important to try to know them.

Aug 21, 2020 •

March 2020

#2.02 | This one is happy and short

How I screwed up our first anniversary but maybe made it better?

Mar 5, 2020 •

February 2020

#2.01 | The share of shame, the cost of comfort

Why did I feel like I wasn’t good enough for Miller High Life?

Feb 27, 2020 •

November 2019

#6 | A man, a boy, a beer.

30-something years of emotions for your weekend perusal

Nov 23, 2019 •

October 2019

#5 | Blame it on my booze, baby

An indulgent ode to a five-character masterpiece

Oct 29, 2019 •

August 2019

#4 | A decade under the influence

Seven memories and seven beers from the past ten years

Aug 11, 2019 •

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