Archive for August, 2008

The Beer Here – OregonLive.com: “A Shot and a Beer: Craft Beer’s Evolution into Craft Whiskey,”

from Jim Parker: 6-8 p.m. Tuesday Aug.19th, Horse Brass Pub, 4534 S.E. Belmont. Free. A tasting of three modern American craft whiskeys and the beers that inspired them. Part of Great American Distillers Festival Week. Many of today’s craft whiskey…

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: A Belgian Beer Dinner to set the table for 2008 Beer Dinner of the Year

Mr. Home Brew Chef, aka Sean Paxton, just can’t get enough of pairing great beer with great food. And, neither can we…or at least I’m going to speak for the collective we. The approach to developing a menu of this magnitude astounds me and I, for on…

Beer Examiner: More beer for the RNC (Republican National Convention)

While a number of local breweries in the Minneapolis area aren’t necessarily brewing a RNC Commemorative beers, you might say that being local they’re always brewing something special.         &nb…

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: Zipp’s Fall Grand Beer Tasting at Cedar Cultural Center

November 6, 2008 6:30 pmtoNovember 7, 2008 4:30 amWe’ve done it with wine, so we thought to ourselves, “why not with beer?” Join us tonight at the Cedar Cultural Center as we sample some of the best craft and micro brews from around the US a…

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: Specialty Beer Tasting at Zipp’s

October 7, 20086:30 pmto8:30 pmZipp’s prides itself as having one of the best craft beer selections in the Metro Area. Stop by tonight and learn about many different and unique styles of beer that you may have not heard of before. Never stuffy or up…

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: Beers of Fall at Zipp’s

September 16, 20086:30 pmto8:30 pmColors are changing and it’s getting a bit cooler outside. Come to Zipp’s and find out some of the best fall brews around. Fall isn’t just for Oktoberfest beers. There are plenty of new releases to keep …

A Good Beer Blog: Maine Update: The Grocery Store Question

One of the many great things about Maine is you can buy beer at a grocery store – and wine and what they call “haaaard liqaaaah” around here. So far I have only hit two stores in South Portland, Shaw’s and Hannaford, but it is interesting to note the …

Relentless Thirst: You’ll Never Drink Alone

That is, unless you were to accept a free pint…

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Potable Curmudgeon, The: Inaugural Volksfest coming to Clay Street in Louisville this Saturday, August 23.

From the press release:VOLKSFEST 2008: Presented by BBC and The Taprooom, New Albanian Brewing and O’Shea’sSaturday, August 23, 2008 … 2:00 p.m. – Midnight.On Saturday, August 23, 2008 two great breweries of Kentuckiana come together to present a fe…

Hedonist Beer Jive: A TRIP TO TELEGRAPH BREWING

I knew that I’d never forgive myself this year if, during the family vacation to Santa Barbara (concluded this past Sunday), I didn’t make a Herculean effort to get over to TELEGRAPH BREWING to shake some hands and slap some backs. See, as you mig…