The Session is a monthly beer blogging topic. This month’s session is about the beer moment.

A beer moment? Why do I want to get so romantic with this phrase? I want to dip my pen into a sappy image of imperial stouts and earthy Trappist ales. See here the big and the bold beer. The craft beer. The, oh god this sounds so silly, artisan brewer stirring a wooden paddle through a thick resting mash. Yes, these are all fine things that define ...

As craft beer lovers find great cheese to pair with their tripels, and Imperial IPAs to match up with chicken curry, one pairing has slipped under the radar: Starburst Jelly Beans and Coors Banquet beer. Here is the manna that God gave the Israelites as they wandered the desert. A truly sublime combinations of flavors greet your eager tongue as you chew through the fruity sweetness of the jelly beans and wash it down with the crisp clear coolness of that fine Rocky Mountain beer ...

Blue Moon, I blame Blue Moon. The label and the ads for Blue Moon, a widely advertised beer, feature prominently a slice of orange dangling from the edge of the pint like a limp dirty finger. This picture has seeped into the minds of bartenders and waiters everywhere. And what happens? People think wheat beer means orange slices. I am not saying it's wrong to put fruit in your beer (although I don't encourage it), but I wish it wasn't automatically tossed ...