Eclectic Lineup Kicks Off Holiday Beer Tasting

If there’s one thing I love about the holiday season, it’s the anticipation of opening up those bottles of high gravity and other specialty beers you’ve been saving for a special occasion. Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s provide plenty of opportunities to kick back with friends and geek out over some beer. With those ideas…

Western Montana New Brew Roundup

Western Montana breweries have been busy lately creating a variety of new beers for the fall and winter season.  From big IPAs and porters to pumpkin ales and even a wintermarzen, there’s a lot to try and something for everyone.  With Thanksgiving week upon us, now is a great time to take a break, head…

Las Vegas: Craft Beer Hide and Seek

Ahh, Las Vegas. For all it’s sins, vices and pleasures, craft beer hasn’t been one of them. That’s changing and if you like treasure hunts, Vegas provides a mixture of frustration and payoffs. I spent a few days in Las Vegas for the first time recently and hit up google for a little research before…

What’s Trending in Beer?

Like all creative endeavors, craft beer tends to pick up certain trends as brewers experiment with various techniques, ingredients and processes. Craft beer provides a wide ranging canvas upon which to try out an idea. Some work, some don’t.  An occasional one might even be the next best thing.  Many aren’t even all that new,…

Speed Dating for Beer: Beer Bloggers Conference Rolls On

Day 2 of the 2011 Beer Bloggers Conference in Portland, OR, had a lot of highlights.  The panels from industry bloggers and brewers on how bloggers can better interact with breweries gave plenty of useful ideas. Craig Hendry of Mississippi’s Raise Your Pints discussed Mississippi’s beer laws and their efforts to change them, making us…

Time to Pop That Cap

What do a freelance writer, an attorney, a medical practice manager, a youth director and two grad students have in common? No, that’s not the introduction to a bad lawyer joke. It’s the makeup of our first Pop That Cap night and the common thread was a love of craft beer, a desire to experience…