Harvest time is upon us. Not only do we have new Oktoberfest beers hitting the shelves, but it is also time to keep an eye out for the fresh hop beers as the hop harvest comes in. Two new releases from Sierra Nevada are now available as well as an…
“The 10 Best Czech Breweries.” That’s not what I wrote, but that’s how it appeared.
The headline I submitted with the piece read “A Paradise of Unknown Brews.” The headline they printed was “The 10 Best Czech…
Mmmm…Surly Bender, good stuff. This was one of several beers I rec’d in a trade and it was good. If only we could get out here instead of forcing our friends to fill their luggage with it. BTW, I did share it w/several people.
A pirate’s life be hard to beat. Pillage till noon. Hardtack, bacon and a flagon o’ t’ Eye Patch Ale for lunch. Afternoon watch on calm seas. Orange to prevent t’ scurvieeees. A dip in t’ ocean wi’ scalawags and ma…
Officials on the Wiltshire County Council in England ordered Tom and Trisha Russell, owners of the Black Dog in Chilmark, to take down a sign alongside the highway directing motorists to their establishment. The government claims the sign encourages d…
Avast, all ye ne’er-do-well cads. How arrrr ye doin’? It be international talk like a pirate day. So, drink up, me ‘earties, yo ho.
When I want to take the pulse of the on-premises premium beer trade, I talk to Keith Schlabs. Keith is the designated beer guy for the Flying Saucer chain of beer bars, which operate exclusively in the traditionally non-craft beer…
For the longest time, it was a conference room. Then we bought the building and it became a temporary warehouse as I ferried in restaurant equipment. Then we opened up, and it became a recycling center. And a storage room.
And now, it is Prairieland Y…
Date: 09/19/2008 03:15 AM
By SHANNON DININNY
Associated Press Writer
CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) – Most brewers of craft and specialty beers say they got into the business because they wanted to produce what the big corporate brewers weren’t: artisan b…
Last night I read the page proofs for the forthcoming issue of Mid-Atlantic Brewing News, out at the end of the month or early October, and there is a story–well, opinion column is more accurate, I guess–in there called Rating the Raters w…