Archive for August, 2008

Great Canadian Pubs and Beer: Next Up – Living with a Beer Lover

My fiance has a month off school and faced with not much to do during the day she decided she’d contribute to the blog by writing a post.It turns outn that it has to do with living with me and my craft beer/pub obsession. Should be an interesting read…

Nebraska Beer: Huber Haus (Crescent Moon) Oktoberfest

The event is quickly approaching…which signals an end to summer, but the beginning of fall beers and college football.If you have never attended this event, it’s something you’ve been missing out on. There is plenty of German beer, food, and music …

Brew Lounge : Beer Tasting Brewing and Culture, The: TBL, BB2, and Growing Hops in the Mainstream Media

Did you see this article in the Philadelphia Daily News back in the spring? Joe Sixpack spotlighted homegrown hops that Adam and his son and I harvested last fall along with a quote from me in his weekly article that he’d done to spotlight DIY hops as…

Hedonist Beer Jive: HOPPED UP-N-HEAVY WITH GREEN FLASH’S “HOP HEAD RED”

Hey, it’s great to be back and sharing my beer-drinking discoveries with all y’all! Wow, where to begin, right? How about with GREEN FLASH BREWING’s HOP HEAD RED, a new beer we tried over a roasty campfire while on vacation last week near Santa …

Portlandbeer.org :: Brew > Drink > Repeat: 2008 Bend Brewfest

Coming out of Oregon Craft Beer Month in July, it’s pretty easy to say how I’m feeling: worn out. I played many roles in July including host, photographer, writer, patron, and professional napper. Sometimes covering several events in a single day, I…

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: Tickets for Belgian Beer Seminars on Sale NOW

Oh man these look sweet! Stop in to the Muddy Pig to get your tickets!
Beer Lovers,
Tickets are now available for the seminars to be held in conjunction with The Muddy Pig’s Belgian Beer Festival.
Session 1:  Friday, September 12 @ 5:00pm.  B…

It’s The Beer Talking: Review: Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout

An Imperial Stout brewed by
Stone Brewing Co.
Escondido, California US
ABV: 9.2%
Glassware: Snifter
Pours a dark black with just an outstanding tan head. This beer looks great. It has a very strong chocolate and roasted malt aroma. It is hard to pick…

MNBeer – By, for and about Minnesota beer. Dedicated to MN breweries, brewpubs & homebrew: Surly Goes to Hell

So Surly has a new beer hitting the scene, Surly Hell, a Munich Helles. This is certainly old news to anyone that either regularly checks out the Brewer’s Blog over at Surly Brewing, or anyone who was at the Great Taste of the Midwest. Clearly…

It’s The Beer Talking: Offbeat News: Iowa town protects self from keg damage

 
The Iowa town of Ames – home of Iowa State University – is rubberising their sidewalks to avoid any further damage from kegs. The Associated Press reports this:
The city is installing a rubber sidewalk alongside an Iowa State University campus-area…

TCBC article from the Bend Bulletin

Three Creeks Brewing Co. is the seventh brewer to establish itself in Central Oregon, but it’s the first to call Sisters home By Jeff McDonald / The Bulletin SISTERS — Central Oregon’s reputation as a mecca for craft beer…