Second Annual BEER CONN Comes to Bridgeport December 12th

“I remember the time before I knew what craft beer was. I remember when the first friends of mine got into it and I didn’t get it. I remember the day I got over Sam Adams. Eventually the craft beer wave got big enough and it swept me in too. Craft beer is delicious, and… Continue reading Second Annual BEER CONN Comes to Bridgeport December 12th

Let’s Go Down to the Butcher Shop

Yesterday, Saugatuck Craft Butchery hosted Porktoberfest, a celebration of pork, beer, accordions, and more pork.  As a zine about “Metal… And everything else you need to live,” Alternative Control had a grave responsibility to cover this event — after all, who can live without beer and pork?  Or if you’re a vegetarian, beer and accordions? … Continue reading Let’s Go Down to the Butcher Shop

Public Service Announcement: Good, Cheap Beer on Fridays

  Hear ye, hear ye, drinkers rich and poor: on Fridays this summer, Half Full Brewery of Stamford-Shire-Fording-Ham purveys jugs of the finest ale for just a tuppence! Okay, the announcement is belated, and by tuppence, I mean five dollars.   Johnny Pluckman and I have known about this for weeks, but we wanted to keep… Continue reading Public Service Announcement: Good, Cheap Beer on Fridays