Archive for October, 2008

Beer Bits 2: Stonekeep Meadery: Blackberry Melomel

If this Blackberry Melomel is any indication, Stonekeep Meadery will be a fine addition to our Pennsylvania wineries, breweries and now meaderies. I’m no mead expert so read these notes with that in mind. To date I’ve tasted about ten different mead…

Draft Magazine Feed: GABF Videos

The Great American Beer Festival might be over, but DRAFT has it covered. All weekend long, staffers interviewed the country’s best brewers on video and we’ve posted the results on our new video blog. You can check them all at Videos.Draft…

Draft Magazine Feed: Draft Uncapped: 2008 GABF with Shawn the Home Brew Chef

DRAFT’s Chris Staten learns about unique beer-food pairings from Sean the Home Brew Chef at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado. Check out Zane Lamprey the host of Three Sheets on the Mojo network.

It’s The Beer Talking: News: GABF winners compiled

All of the judges hard work is over and the winners from the Great American Beer Festival are in. According to the BA’s Web site winners are determined based on the results of the competitive beer judging held at the Great American Beer Festival…

Why I got to ride the ZooLiner

Chris, and whomever else is interested, here’s why I got to ride in the ZooLiner: Zooliner : The Oregon Zoo icon turns 50 By John Foyston The Oregonian Friday,June 13, 2008 Edition: Sunrise, Section: Living – How We Live, Page…

Appellation Beer: Beer From a Good Home: #13 – Where in the beer world?

Geez, could I make it harder? Is it really fair to ask you where in the beer world this photo was taken? I am anyway.
Quite honestly, it won’t be a slam dunk when I post a second picture with the answer.
But stick with me on this. There’…

Musings Over a Pint: Local GABF Winners

Well another Great American Beer Festival has come and gone. I didn’t go to Denver, but was fun to attend vicariously through various craft beer blogs. Those of us enjoying our beer at home were also able to participate in the “not at GABF” Twitter st…

Barley Vine: GABF Winners Announced

The Great American Beer Fest is this weekend in Denver, and as luck would have it I’m actually here and got to go to the festival. I’ll have a lot more on my day at the Fest and all that goes along with it, but I wanted to drop a special post congrat…

Thirsty Pilgrim: Turns Out You Can Dance at Every Wedding.

Still in Missouri. Homebrewing, eating juicy steaks and witnessing marriages.

The beery highlight, if you’re interested, has been tasting the crisp, dry saison I cooked with my brother a few months ago. In the meantime we whipped up a batch of smoked…

Beer Haiku Daily: Under the Stars

A few tight of friends
Sitting around the fire
Telling their best lies
Written by Captain Hops.
Thing of the Day: B000JQR3KA
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