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This is a tasting menu of articles and stories written for major and minor publications.

The primary difference in this section is that somebody paid me for them.

And that someone is the American taxpayer.



The Amazing Father/Son Story Behind TailGate Beer

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I did a piece for AOL Small Biz on TailGate Beer, a San Diego-based suds outfit run by Wes Keegan. At 25, he's already got a great story to tell, best heard over a few cans of Blacktop Blonde. In the name of ethical journalism, I sampled it. Delicious.

I celebrated my first Father's Day this past weekend and I was thinking about Wes's TailGate Beer saga. His father, Tim, was a true character who served as Wes's mentor, inspiration, right-hand-man, and cautionary tale before his unexpected death last year. 

In Tim's honor--and for Dad's everywhere here and beyond--raise a tall cold one. Ideally, a TailGate, but whatever poison you prefer works. 

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