In celebration of the waning days of Oktoberfest Redrock Brewing Co is offering up some of their great, award winning German style lagers on tap. Besides the regular line up, look for their Munich Dunkle, Organic Zwickle, German Pils and Black Bie…
The Draught House Pub and Brewery in Austin is turning 40! While their selection has grown to 69 faucets and they added a brewing system in 1995, their goal has remained the same; to provide a wide array of fresh draught beers with an emphasis on sup…
Most readers will now be seeing a new URL, or web address, for “Musings Over a Pint.” The new URL is www.musingsoverapint.com. Catchy huh? It’s been just a little over a year since this blog was started and it’s time to make the address reference the …
Every cask tells a story
Another thing that was keeping me busy over the last couple of months is that I was helping All Bar One launch their new beer range. Each October they do a special push on beers and are trying to create a genuinely exciting collection of beers from ar…
Man, there’s just been a lot to talk about lately. Interesting article, here, from England that summarizes what quite a few articles over the past few years have been saying, particularly about wine. The basic gist, and we talked about this a little d…
8th November 11am – 11pm
Why not make this election day one to remember. After casting your vote (or perhaps before) why not come along to the The Twisted Hop, where we will be hosting Christchurch’s biggest and best beer festival this year. With o…
A couple of weeks ago I saw this message from our friend Podge that the Café Trappisten was about to close for an unknown timespan. The Trappisten is the official brewery tap for Westmalle, not far east of Antwerp city. That café is as close as you’…
Friday I was fortunate to be invited onto WNPR’s Faith Middleton show, one of New England’s most popular radio shows, to talk about all things craft beer. While on-air folks like Garrett Oliver and Sam Caglione called in while we sampled some fine bee…
This was the most lavish birthday trip I’ve ever had. Beyond that, it’s probably a top 5 trip of all time for Patty and me. From the outdoor adventures to the relaxation to the beer and to the friends, there was barely a disappointment to be found. On…