This will make Paul McMorrow's head explode

As some of you may know, Boston Magazine's young Massachusetts politics guru Paul McMorrow is also a contributor to Beer Advocate magazine. Which is why he should sit down before he reads former Al Gore speechwriter Jeff Nussbaum's op-ed in the the New York Daily News combining the flavors of politics and beer.

A taste:

Consider that in this new beer universe, the largest brewers after Boston Beer Co. are Yuengling (Pottsville, Pa.) and Sierra Nevada (Chico, Calif.). Sierra Nevada calls its flagship beer an "interpretation" and talks about its "character and fragrant bouquet."

Please. These are the coastal elites of beer. These companies are to beer what the knowledge economy is to the real economy, or what intellectual capital is to actual capital. Yes, they're sophisticated, contemplative and complex. So is John Kerry. And like John Kerry, they remain a regional and acquired taste.