If you’re searching for that perfect gift for the beer lover in your family or circle of friends there’s no shortage of gift guides. From the ridiculously lame to the pleasantly varied, there are plenty of suggestions out there. Personally, I could really use a larger beer fridge. (Hint, hint). Fellow local beer writer Ryan…
Welcome to December, folks. If you’re like me, you’re still wondering what happened to October. Nevertheless, the City has strung up the Christmas . . uh . . .Holiday decorations on the light poles downtown, so it must be time. With December comes Beer Advent Calendars. Blogger friends 2BeerGuys and Seacoast Beverage Lab have teamed…
Here’s an interesting nugget that came across the beer wire today. In Charlie Papazian’s latest column on examiner.com he discusses the value of hops to the innovation and creative flavors in American craft beer. He notes this year’s excellent harvest of bittering hops will shove prices down due to the abundance of such hops. On…
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…
Here’s a fun app/site for the beer friendly crowd. Since August I’ve been checking out Untappd*, a way to keep track of the beers you’re drinking and connect with other beer lovers. Once you’ve created a free account, you can “check in” the beer you’re currently drinking along with where you’re drinking it. You can…
You don’t need me to tell you that craft beer has arrived. In many fine restaurants, it now sits alongside excellent bottles of wine where servers are educated equally between the two beverages. As “sommelier” is a well known title designating an expert in wine, beer experts now have a choice of designations such as…
Craig Hendry and Raise Your Pints have a problem. They’re Mississippi craft beer enthusiasts in a state that doesn’t embrace their enthusiasm. Homebrewing remains illegal. Craft beer may contain only up to 5% alcohol by weight. There’s still a division of wet counties and dry counties. Simply transporting your unopened six pack through a dry…
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…
The first official day of the 2011 Beer Bloggers Conference kicked off with some entertaining panel discussions. Julia Herz from the Brewers Association and CraftBeer.com started us off with a craft beer industry update. Beer writing legends Fred Eckhardt and John Foyston kept us laughing with great war stories, and Erica and Stephen of Brooklyn…
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…