Weyerbacher Brewing Company
I recently paid a visit to Weyerbacher Brewing Company in Easton, PA to check out their brewery tour. I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that they give out free samples of their beer on Saturdays 12-3pm! Sweet!
It’s Starting to Feel A Lot Like Late Summer
This week, summer finally arrived in Santa Rosa. Foggy mornings and evenings were replaced by record setting temperatures. This lasted for just three days. On the final day, the signal for summer to end had arrived on my doorstep: a box with a sample of 2010 Jubelale.
Shakespeare Stout Vertical Tasting – Cask, Nitro and Bottle
One beer, three versions.
Putting the ‘Pub’ In Public Transit
A pair of Portland, Ore.-area beer lovers is giving beer lovers a greener option for exploring Beervana.
Marc Martin and Charles Culp are embarking on a new pub tour program that leads beer lovers — both locals and visitors, although the duo expects to mostly cater to tourists — on a pub tour around a handful [...]
3rd Annual St. Petersburg Craft Beer Expo
In the midst of the Florida Summer heat, beer lovers converged on downtown St. Petersburg on Saturday, July 31st to attend the 3rd Annual St. Petersburg Craft Beer Expo. Held in a new location this year (the St. Petersburg Coliseum), over 100 beers from over 25 breweries were served to a crowd estimated to be near [...]
Join me in writing for “The Session” #43
This month I have the pleasure of hosting The Session – a monthly space for beer bloggers around the world to blog on the same topic on the first Friday of the month. Though my announcement is slightly late, I hope that many bloggers can join us in this fun blogging exercise – posts are [...]
When in Rome, err, Denver
According to the GABF countdown clock at Falling Rock, there’s about 22 days until the start of the Great American Beer Festival. Could be a little more or a little less. Counting is hard.
The festival is sold out, but there are always tickets for sale on Craigslist and other such sites. But whether you got [...]
English Breweries:Different Approaches to Equally Great Beer
The past week in England has been filled with traveling to breweries, pubs, and home brew clubs. At each place that I traveled, I was welcomed by friendly brewers and beer lovers alike. It’s now been just under a month since my departure from the States on my solo trip around the world for a [...]
Harpoon Fights Hunger in Vermont
Last Saturday it was my very great pleasure to be a volunteer at the 9th Annual Harpoon Point to Point ride to benefit the Vermont Foodbank. This bicycle riding event, a collaborative effort by the Vermont Foodbank, the Harpoon Brewery, and The Point Radio Network, was established to raise awareness and funds for the Vermont Foodbank and its efforts to end hunger in Vermont. The 2009 event raised about $98,000 and was the Foodbank’s largest single fund raising effort for that year. This year the fund raising goal for this event is $150,000.
Front Street Brewery, and the end of an NC beer journey
The final leg of our road trip through North Carolina included a stopover at Front Street Brewery, located in historic downtown Wilmington, right next to the beautiful Cape Fear River.
