It’s true. Saturday June 28, 2008 Isabelle Proximus will officially go on sale at the brewery. Of all the beers that we have produced in our two and a half years in business, this one comes with the biggest expectations. It has to. It…
I left off at the tasting of the three YellowBelly beers in part 1, so that’s where I’ll start off.The four of us headed back up to the main floor to sample an American Wheat, and their English Style Pale Ale before going back downstairs to sample an …
America’s Most Beloved Beer Writer (© Liquid Diet – the Blog, 2008) and I stumbled across the Johnstown Brewing Company on June 8, 2003, during the trip to Pittsburgh wherein he scared me half to death and which I mention here now and again. An…
Recently there seems to be a big push to write articles, books, etc comparing Beer and Wine. Specifically promoting how beer is wine’s equal. Heck, a few months back, Dogfish Head’s own Sam Calagione released such a book with sommelier Marnie Old ti…
I am off to Portland, Ore. this week for a few days vacation. I’ll be rafting down the Deschutes River, then I might drink a few Deschutes brews as well. Anybody got any favorite Oregon beers or watering holes?
Sorry for the late notice, dear readers, but we did want to let you know that we’re on for brewing tonight. We’ll be giving our Belgian Dubbel a second try, after a quite successful first pass. We’ve got that first pass on tap, as …
Every time I’ve seen Left Hand Brewing Cos. Juju Ginger in stores, I’ve given it a sideways glance, paused for a moment and left the beer on the shelf. One of those “this looks interesting, but not that interesting,” deals.
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I always thought Glastonbury was all mud and plastic glasses full of dodgy lager. I was surprised therefore to read that Woodfordes is supplying 50000 gallons of the good stuff to the music festival.I like Woodfordes beers, but sadly see them all too…
JULY 1, 2008 – JULY 31, 2008Here’s a staggering list of event taking place in Oregon during the month of July.All month LongJuly 1st – July 31stEight Guest Taps from Oregon Craft BrewersHorse Brass Pub, 4520 SE Belmont, PortlandDaily, Monday – Frida…
Entepreneurs trying to start breweries/brewpubs in Germany seem rather torn about the way to market their beer. Many just go straight for the Olde Worlde market, using gothic typefaces to explain how their beer may be something like something that w…