: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Saturday, August 16, Tom McCall Waterfront Park North of the Hawthorne Bridge. Tour De Fat Schedule: 10:00 a.m. – Bike Parade Registration 11:00 a.m. – Bike Parade 12:00 p.m. – Performances Begin 12:30 p.m. – “Slow-Down or…
: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.Saturday, August 16, Tom McCall Waterfront Park North of the Hawthorne Bridge. Tour De Fat Schedule: 10:00 a.m. – Bike Parade Registration 11:00 a.m. – Bike Parade 12:00 p.m. – Performances Begin 12:30 p.m. – “Slow-Down or…
I just finished reading the CBO’s latest blog entry, and got to thinking: What are some of the other pressing issues facing craft breweries? Unfortunately, the worldwide hop shortage came straight to mind. For those of you who don’t …
It would be a stretch to say that the North American beer world has been abuzz since the announcement that Anheuser-Busch would soon be coming out with an ale marketed under the Budweiser banner, but it has been talked about…
Cracked open a Chinese beer, Harbin Lager, the other night to toast Michael Phelps and our other lads and lasses performing in the Olympics. Pretty good lager, tasted similar to Heineken. The cool thing is the bottle (1 pint 4.3 f…
Extra tasty
Today (August 13th) marks the three-year anniversary of the lifting of North Carolina’s 6 percent alcohol cap. Go celebrate! There’s no official event planned to mark the day, but I’ll have more info on the August 26th dinner at Pool…
Some more random statistics from my statistics pile. Showing the output of the major London breweries between 1750 and 1910. But the title’s already told you that. Well, not completely random. Barclay Perkins is in there.The first table illustrates th…
First of all, let me just quickly say that Buffalo Brewing is not closed or closing. I tried to keep from any sort of speculation about the current state of the brewery in the last post, but obviously speculation is bound to occur. Also, let me apol…
Today is Tom Nickel’s birthday, who turns 36 this year. Tom was a brewer at Oggi’s in San Diego and now owns O’Brien’s, one of the best beer bars in San Diego. Join me in wishing Tom a very happy birthday.
Tom Nickel (third f…