2008 will by default always be my best year in beer, being that it was the first year that I fully dove into the madness of craft beer obsession. I sampled an insane amount of amazing beer this year for the first time — making my way through all of the Belgian Trappist beers, sampling [...]
I’m on vacation until after Christmas in beautiful but frighteningly beerless Puerto Rico. I’ll be back before the New Year to recap the year in brews, so stay tuned.
The frequency and awesomeness of Beer Events in Brooklyn is reaching a frightening crescendo. Almost nightly you can cruise to various parts of the five boroughs and drink several lines of fresh brew from one of any of the hundreds of breweries that make it to Gotham — and that’s just the events which focus [...]
San Diego’s Beer Mecca status is well established. Ask anyone who has been there or has spent more than a couple hours there, and they will tell you: “The weather is perfect” and “The Beer is amazing.” Scientists are now trying to bottle San Diego sunshine and export it around the world, for more [...]
When I started to ferment hard cider in my basement, I knew that I had to get deeper into the world of hard ciders. Since I grew up in New York State, which still produces a hell of a lot of apples, I definitely knew the difference between commercial, filtered and pasteurized juice, and fresh [...]
Victory Brewing Company is another reason why I need to go to Pennsylvania on a beer trip immediately. I haven’t paid much attention to their beers critically yet, but a recent trip to Bierkraft to fill my growler had me choosing their Porter as the beer to bring to my Mom and Dad’s house where [...]
A strange combination of beers to say the least — each has become a classic commercial example of its style, by very different means, and in very different categories of beer altogether. The beauty of the “Life is Beautiful” tag is that it can apply to a range of things, even those as different as [...]
After searching all over the place for some unpasteurized Apple Cider (in the American sense), I finally found some last week at the Union Square farmer’s market. Those in search can find it there on Mondays, though I suspect it won’t last much longer into the season, so hurry if you’re trying to get a [...]
Magical things happen in Chico, California – It’s been proven, and many beer devotees make the pilgrimage every year to witness in person the massive amounts of alchemy which take place on the sacred grounds at Sierra Nevada’s brewery. Though I haven’t ventured on the road west yet to sup of the wares in the [...]
Look in the refrigerator of most discriminating beer lovers in New York City, and you’ll probably see more Two Brothers beers than any other brewery from the midwest. More drinkable, more affordable, and even just better than many other coveted midwestern brews, Two Brothers range of beers are available all over the place, in bottles, [...]
