Archive for July, 2008

Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home: Monday musing: What makes a beer local?

Since we are two months into our trip in which drinking local has become a matter of habit I’m particularly delighted when chatter about AB-InBev includes discussion about what this means for local (two examples are Jay Brooks here and Maureen O…

Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home: Monday musing: What makes a beer local?

Since we are two months into our trip in which drinking local has become a matter of habit I’m particularly delighted when chatter about AB-InBev includes discussion about what this means for local (two examples are Jay Brooks here and Maureen O…

Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Hops with your pie: pizza, cask ale, & Leesburg

In Leesburg, Va., Fireworks is the pizza-restaurant adjunct to the town’s long-established Tuscarora Mill Restaurant.Like it’s older sister, Fireworks features an extended selection of good beers on draft and has a smaller, yet still interesting, list…

For The Love of Beer: Hops Update

I started back in march, just trying to grow some hops, mostly to see if I could…

Well I did. First year and there are hops on the vine. Not a lot, mind you, but enough that I will actually have to harvest some and dry them. Cascade is currently th…

For The Love of Beer: Hops Update

I started back in march, just trying to grow some hops, mostly to see if I could…

Well I did. First year and there are hops on the vine. Not a lot, mind you, but enough that I will actually have to harvest some and dry them. Cascade is currently th…

Barley Blog, The: Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye

Man, it’s been hotter than two rats fornicating in a wool sock. At least, that’s what a buddy of mine would say on days like this past weekend when the temperatures were in the high 90’s and humid as all get out. He has a way with wo…

Barley Blog, The: Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye

Man, it’s been hotter than two rats fornicating in a wool sock. At least, that’s what a buddy of mine would say on days like this past weekend when the temperatures were in the high 90’s and humid as all get out. He has a way with wo…

Portlandbeer.org :: Brew > Drink > Repeat: Photos: Behind the Scenes at Hopworks Urban Brewery

Thanks to Christian Ettinger, Ben Love, Jaime Rodriguez, and Mike Price for letting me get in their way to shoot the brewery!

Check out the rest of the photos here.

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Portlandbeer.org :: Brew > Drink > Repeat: Photos: Behind the Scenes at Hopworks Urban Brewery

Thanks to Christian Ettinger, Ben Love, Jaime Rodriguez, and Mike Price for letting me get in their way to shoot the brewery!

Check out the rest of the photos here.

[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conte…

Beer Culture: Herold in the Park

Herold beer has a long and winding path over the past few years. Less than a decade ago it was found fairly often in expat hangouts like the Globe, though not always in the best condition, and sometimes in downright terrible condition. Although thing…