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(Escondido, CA) – You may have got to it already (thanks for still keeping me off your email list, Stone! :hot:), but the Stone 12th Anniversary fest website is now up. The site contains a list of breweries that will be at the event including Port B…

I’m finally brewing again. I’ve invited a friend who has wanted to give brewing a try, so we’ll be brewing a batch of IPA on Sunday. It’s a relatively simple IPA recipe, and I should probably save the name for a more significan…

Arriving in Oakland after a quick weekend visit to San Diego, we were met by a bit of a surprise upon stepping out of the airport. With something in the range of 1,000 wildfires currently burning around Northern California, the midsummer light had ta…

This red ale has a caramel malt aroma with some hints of candy. The color is a light copper and is very clear. The head pours thick with some retention.

This beer has a dry taste with some light fruit esters. There is also a some bitterness in th…

What’s on tap at The Drafting Room in Exton, PA as of 6/26/2008?

Avery 15th Anniversary (American Wild/Sour)
Bell’s Oberon
Brooklyn Lager
Brouwerij Het Anker Carolus Van De Keizer
Lost Coast Double Trouble
Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest Al…

It has been nearly a year since I posted my challenge to Asheville beer bars, where I asked to see more Belgians available on tap, as well as more special beer related events like cask ales and pint nights where you could try a specific brewery and ta…

Here’s my latest batch of aged beer tastings. As usual, I had a mixed batch of success and failure.
Ommegang Ommegeddon – Six month tasting – Six months have immensely improved this beer. Complex and subtle, it was really fun to drink. Increased…

This is interesting… enough to steal me away from vacation for a few minutes… Jace down at sent me a note to let me know that they’re in the process of restoring two of their original 1936 cypress lagering tanks. They’re hopin…

The July issue of Washingtonian Magazine is always the “Best of” issue.

This year they asked the beer directors of two Washington-area restaurants, Bill Catron of Brasserie Beck and Greg Engert of Rustico, to select the best beers to accompany lobste…