Tag Archives: beer

It’s About Flavors, Not Styles

So, for everyone from beer neophyte to beer devotee, here’s a list of some familiar flavors you can find in some of my favorite beers.

2010 WaZoo Beer Festival – A View from the Other Side of the Bottle

Every year, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo holds several major fund-raising events.  The best of them, in this craft beer lover’s opinion, is WaZoo.  Listed by USA Today as one of the “10 Great Beer Festivals” in America, it is also – in the words of Cigar City Brewing’s Wayne Wambles – the “biggest sweat fest [...]

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 [...]

Great American Craft Beer by Andy Crouch

One of the best cases for American exceptionalism that I’ve read in years – not in the traditional political or social sense, but in the realm of brewing and beer.

Beer Travel IV – Waimea, Hawai’i

Beer Travel I – Kona, Hawai’i
Beer Travel II – Hilo, Hawai’i
Beer Travel III – Volcano and the South Road, Hawai’i
The northern route between Hilo and Kailua-Kona is a vastly different experience than its sibling down south. The Mamalahoa Highway (HI-19) follows the coastline out of Hilo, taking travelers along a gorgeous view of the Pacific [...]

This Ain’t Your Granny’s Quilt

A beer T-shirt quilt preserves memories and revives a lost art, turning something old into something new again.

In The News; Beer is King, Craft is Up and Beer4Meth

Big news for craft brewers Dogfish Head, Oskar Blues and Magic Hat, a couple surprising polls and studies, and one more shot fired in the super-strong beer competition.

Every Beer has a Story

I’ve been using “Every beer has a story” as my motto and personal mission statement for quite a while now, and while it’s kind of catchy, I also believe it’s very true.
Of any beverage I can think of, beer is the only one you can really say this about. For one thing, beer is [...]

Beer Travel III – Volcano and the South Road, Hawai’i

Beer Travel I – Kona, Hawai’i
Beer Travel II – Hilo, Hawai’i
Beer Travel IV – Waimea, Hawai’i
Travel between the two main cities on the Big Island of Hawai’i – Kailua-Kona and Hilo – is done almost exclusively via the “Hawaiian Belt” road. Also known as the Mamalahoa Highway, the Belt Road consists of Hawai’i State Highways [...]

Beer Travel II – Hilo, Hawai’i

Beer Travel I – Kona, Hawai’i
Beer Travel III – Volcano and the South Road, Hawai’i
Beer Travel IV – Waimea, Hawai’i
On the opposite side of the Big Island from Kona is the city of Hilo. Less touristy, fewer beaches, and the rainiest city in the United States, according to Forbes.com. Hilo is more of a “normal” [...]