Festival Season
Springtime.
A young man’s fancy turns to…beer?
Well, at least here in the Mid-Atlantic, that’s true for the stretch of spring that signals the final approach of summer. The last weekend of May I attended the Brewer’s Association of Maryland (BAM) Springfest. This weekend signals the kickoff of Philly Beer Week and SAVOR in Washington, DC, then [...]
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: Craft Brew Version
It’s a little rough, but here’s a little Christmas Cheer for my readers…
‘Twas the night before Christmas and through the Brew Haus
Not a creature was stirring, except brewmaster Claus
For the month before while it rained snow and ice
Local brewers were busy making beers filled with spice
During the month beer fans searched their liquor stores with [...]
Full Pints
The charitable side of brewing
Charity. It's no longer just the name of a fan dancer in a burlesque act. Nor are we in an ...
Saturation
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The Craft Beer Conundrum – marketing without the big boy budget
Most craft beer fans have a brewery that they are particular to. Often it's to their local brewery, a or ...
2000-2009: A decade of good beers
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Scotland: Nuclear Super Power
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Half Pints
Feeling spacey and other ephemera from here and there Sapporo brewers in Japan have perfected zero gravity beer. Currently, multiple reports note that Sapporo is introducing SAPPORO Space Barley, a 5.5 percent ABV beer made with barley completely cultivated in the zero gravity environment of space. According to a press release from Sapporo, the barley used in the beer is;
the fourth generation descendant of [...]
Beer Reviews
A Hippo and a Dog with Wings walk into a bar in Brooklyn Being neither a proponent of East Coast, nor West Coast craft beer, I pretty much put my reviews up here in the order in which my notes were taken. It just happens that this week’s three are all East Coast brews – Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. While I am a proponent of good [...]
Brew Ha Ha
‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: Craft Brew Version It’s a little rough, but here’s a little Christmas Cheer for my readers…
‘Twas the night before Christmas and through the Brew Haus
Not a creature was stirring, except brewmaster Claus
For the month before while it rained snow and ice
Local brewers were busy making beers filled with spice
During the month beer fans searched their liquor stores with [...]
Events
Events calendar across the US Here’s a general events calendar for the next couple of weeks encompassing most of the United States. Watch this space for more events. Coming soon a variety of New Years events.
North East:
Maine
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December 17: Grand Opening of the Shipyard White Cap Lodge Brewhaus at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry – Skiing and beer! What better [...]
