“Practice, practice, practice.” That was the punchline to the old joke about “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?”But how does a brewer get his/her beers to the Great American Beer Festival (GABF) – the premier judging competition for all US beers?Bill M…
Our friend Andy Neil at Bier-Mania tours is a busy guy these days.
First he found time to post some lovely shots from last weekend’s Bruxellensis fest here. Next he’ll be swamped with a series of Oktoberfest tours in Bavaria, which can’t be nearly as…
While at the Brasserie Grain d’Orge we did get to taste two beers – the Brice & Joupe Blonde. A very clear and very pleasant blonde beer, perfect for the sunny day we had – 7%. Another beer brewed by the Brasserie Grain d’Orge and reviewed here La…
If all goes as planned, I’ll be heading out to the Hartford Better Beer Fest with my buddy Kenn. (Tonight, Friday, Sept19th)I’m pretty excited about Kenn’s growing interest in both home brewing and craft beer. Although his brother is an avid home br…
"The cafes and beer gardens were crowded to suffocation, the theaters put forth their most attractive performances, music and dancing echoed every night from a thousand halls."
To an alarming extent, all trade shows, exhibitions and the like end up looking the same: a maze of aluminium-framed white laminate counters. The European Beer Festival was no different: by way of illustration, here’s the lovely Sarah getting some mea…
Ahoy, tis’ post mid-night, which means tis’ September 19 and tis’ International Talk Like a Pirate Day. I’m celebratin’ by drinkin’ Tyranena Scurvy, brought t’ Ashe’ille compliments o’ Jim ̵…
Brian Brown and Jim Gaudio – inventors of theBEERioidic Table of the Elements.Enjoying beer is where it’s at with most beer drinkers. Here are two guys that have taken their beer passion down a road that is just plain fun. TheirBEERi…
It was almost 80 degrees here today in NJ, so the “reviewing atmosphere” is not what I would have hoped for to review a Fall seasonal beer for The Brew Club – but I’ll do my best for our readers, even though it feels more like Summer…
(My blogging job from the Kentucky Bourbon Festival just got a lot easier: The Parkview Motel now has Wi-Fi!)I flew out of Philly this morning to the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. It’s a little odd this year. Usually I fly out, and maybe a quarter to a t…