In Dispense

I’m interested in the dispense of good beer. In the last few month I have had good beer from a hand-pulled cask, cask beer from gravity, beer from a keg, beer from various different bottles (some bottle conditioned, some not) and beer from a can. My question is, are some beers best suited to certain [...]

Belgians Got Style!

I recently interviewed Jeff Baker, the wine and beer manager for one of my favorite Vermont beer stores, The Beverage Warehouse , and when I asked him about his favorite beer he was very quick to let me know that there where really just two classes of beer; “Belgians and non-Belgians and the Belgians are [...]

Enjoy these pictures of old and/or unknown beers

Unfortunately this week has completely gotten away from me and I don’t have a pithy, witty, meaningful post to offer you up today. Instead I thought you might enjoy some photos of some classic and unknown beers I have in my collection.
“Collection” might be a bit of a misnomer here; while these are actual, bottled [...]

Inaugural Boulder SourFest at Avery

Do you like sour beers? Have you tried more than a handful? Want more sour in your life?
Well pucker up buttercup.
The Inaugural Boulder SourFest was at Avery last weekend, and it was amazing. Tickets were very limited, but not very expensive. The first round sold out in a few weeks. Avery convinced some more brewers [...]

Dry Dock — a fantabulous brewing two-fer

Last weekend, I had the ultimate pleasure of taking a ski trip out to beautiful Vail, Colorado. This was my third trip out west, and believe me, no visit to Colorado is complete without checking out the Denver beer scene. (Just ask Denver resident and fellow Hop Press dude PJ, whom I finally got to [...]

Charleston Brewvival – A Festival For the True Beer Geek

Last weekend I attended the first ever Brewvival Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. I’m still a relative novice when it comes to beer festivals, having only been to a handful, but this one was truly geared toward the beer geek.

Beer under the Big Top

The festival was organized by the Charleston Beer Exchange and Coast Brewing [...]

The Evolution of Cascadian Dark..er…India Brown…er..

I read the other day that Phillips Black Toque is now one of the beers considered to be the originator(s) of the “Cascadian Dark Ale” style, or “India Dark” or “Black IPA” or whatever floats your boat. The name isn’t important. I have always liked this beer, and knew there were few others [...]

Pale Ale Bacon Cheddar Biscuits

Cooking with beer has become a relatively new obsession of mine. As much as I hate “wasting” beer experimenting with recipes, when I stumble upon something “successful” it can be worth it.
My rule of thumb (as with most chefs), is that any recipe that calls for water is an easy opportunity to add more flavor. [...]

Kate the Great Day at the Portsmouth Brewery

A citizen account of the Portsmouth Brewery’s release of Kate the Great.

A Tale of Two Brewpubs

Bellingham, Wash., is a lovely city with two completely different brewpubs …