Hail the Green Brewer by steve koenemann Just so that you know up front, this article is *not* about that green “stuff” that is dispensed to the masses by your local beer purveyor on Saint Patrick’s Day. At the risk of adding to a somewhat overwhelming daily barrage of sound bites and statistics concerning the deleterious effects of human-driven climate change on [...]
Deschutes Jubelale Vertical (’07, ‘08, ‘09) by jon abernathy The last couple of years I’ve been doing some (small-scale) cellaring of beer, putting some away each year to save for… well, I haven’t figured out exactly what yet, other than to open up the occasional bottle for special occasions. (In the back of my mind I have an idea that I might have a [...]
Denver Craft Beer Overview – Part II by pj hoberman Last week we looked at a few breweries and brew pubs in Denver, just to whet our appetites. This week we’ll continue to merely skim the surface, looking at some beer bars and bottle shops.
If you have your own general suggestions, or some questions, leave a comment below. And if you totally disagree with me, [...]
Dogfish Head Punkin Ale – a vertical tasting by steph weber Okay, let me start out by saying that I am not a fan of aging beer. Like, at all. I believe that beer is at its best the moment the brewer decides that it’s ready for drinking; it can really only go downhill from there. That being said, I do find the aging of beer [...]
Beer School: Glassware by mario rubio I regularly get asked by people interested in drinking better beer about where to start. Obviously, the first thing to do is to just get out there and drink better beer. If you’re at a pub or bar, you simply order the beer and go about your drinking. At home, you have a little more [...]
Warren Haynes Christmas Jam Teams With Asheville Brewing: Good Music and Good Beer For a Good Cause by brian cendrowski In case you haven’t heard, Asheville, NC tied Portland, OR in Charlie Papazian’s poll to crown Beer City USA earlier this year. We here in the South are very proud of our underdog story, so we probably bring it up more often than we should. But hey, how often do we get to be mentioned [...]
The latest wtf from the big guys by josh oakes We don’t get a lot of American television in Asia, and that’s not something I consider to be a bad deal. Some of the stuff we have seen lately has been entirely incomprehensible, which only makes us want to retreat just that little bit more.
But we saw one bit of a show called Meet [...]
The Wench’s Library by ashley routson My friend and fellow HOP PRESS featured publisher, Josh Christie has inspired me to write a post about my most influential books. His blog “Brews and Books” has been very inspirational to me as both as beer geek and book nerd. I’m very honored to be a co-publisher with Josh for Hop Press. Cheers Josh!!
As [...]
Building Your Beer Bookshelf – Beer Guides by josh christie Helping you put together a somewhat respectable beer bookcase. Time to bone up on your general beer guides and beer bucket lists.
Long Trail to Purchase Otter Creek? by steve koenemann I can’t find any other confirmation this morning, but Andy Crouch at BeerScribe.Com is reporting that Long Trail Brewing Company (opened in 1989) of Bridgewater Corners, Vermont is in the process of purchasing Otter Creek Brewing Company (opened in 1991) of Middlebury, Vermont. If this is true, then it represents a noteworthy consolidation of two [...]
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