Jonathon Yardley, a Washington Post columnist and book reviewer, wrote today on Drink: A Cultural History of Alcohol by British writer Iain Gately.Yardley quotes from Gately’s opening paragraph:Alcohol is a fundamental part of Western culture. It is t…
Veteran Buffalo beer bar Cole’s (1104 Elmwood) will be holding their 4th annual IPA Festival on Saturday, August 16th. The fest runs from 1 PM to 5 PM, and the $25 admission charge gives you access to 25-30 different IPAs…
Completing what you might call a pretty good week, Sly Fox Pikeland Pils is heaped with praise by Craig LaBan in the Sunday edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer this morning.
That comes on top of its being named Philadelphia’s Best Beer 2008 by…
The more I have to do, the more I get done. I’m not sure what my efficiency is as a person, but hopefully it’s as good as or better than my all-grain efficiency. Regardless, I’ve been very lazy about blogging this summer. I thought with all this time …
Do you know where this picture was taken? I’ll give you a hint. It was collected during our current adventure (so since May 21) and in a province or state where you don’t usually think of stores and pubs offering much interesting beer.
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“Few companies survive for two hundred and fifty years”. That’s what it says in the foreword of “Good Company”, a history of Scottish & Newcastle, published in 1999. Clearly, even fewer survive 260 years.They aren’t the only brewery to have this “…
…these are the lines to buy mugs and tokens. Wow! That’s a lot of people and that’s coming from someone that’s worked the door at the Port 2nd Anniversary and the front gate for the last 6 years at the Stone Anniversary.
…when this festival seems to become the “in” spot to be. This is the south tent about 5ish.
…it was refreshing and palate cleansing.