The Bhurtpore Inn at Aston is a famous hostelry tucked away in the depths of Cheshire. A classic, large multi-roomer, it has some outstanding original features and an excellent beer garden. It holds two beer festivals a year and the reason for my visit was the fourteenth summer fest. It had been some time since my last visit and I was interested to note any changes. Having made sure the WHB had taken...
Oh, and a brief programming note. I'll be on the Bob Miller show tomorrow morning at about 8:35 to talk about the Honest Pint Project. That's KPAM , 860 on your AM dial here in Portland.
July 5 - Today Running slightly late on this update, but in a few minutes the modestly-named Intergalactic Washoe Tournament kicks off at Hopworks. Given that title, I think a hearty amount of almost-ironic fun can be expected. Washoe Tournament 12 p.m. Hopworks Urban Brewery 2944 S.E. Powell Blvd., 503-232-4677 July 6, Monday On Monday, Taplister has organized a launch party for their (very cool)...
Well it's getting close to the end. Two months of board exam studying culminates with 1 test this week and 1 next week. Things have recently been pretty bleak on the beer path for me after suffering a major bout of gastroenteritis a week ago in which I think I lost about 5 gallons of water from my body in one night. Since then it's been kinda hard to want to eat or drink anything. Hopefully I'll be...
It’s Saturday morning July 4th, 2009. Happy Birthday America! Yesterday was July 3rd which happens to be my wife Maureen’s birthday. It appears that we get 48 hours of parties each year because of these two days. Not too shabby! Yesterday the gang at Stone Brewing Company hosted local radio station 94.9 FM in the [...]
For all of you homebrewers with a dream to take your passion someday to a larger scale, Ken Grossman (Sierra Nevada) addressed the challenges and path to becoming a commercial brewer.Ken covered everything from his earliest days in homebrewing, to the trials and tribulations of starting up a commercial brewery, to "making it" as a successful large-scale brewery, and finally to the circle...
For the record, earlier in the year the Texas alcohol distributors lobby appeared before the state licensing committee to oppose microbreweries selling beer on the brewery property. Their testimony strongly implied that the distributors were responsible for the growth of Texas breweries. This beer came out June 1 and is still not in Fredericksburg. I bought this six pack in Albuquerque on June 13....
The first Friday of the month may mean different things to different people, but for beer bloggers it means it’s time for The Session: group blogging on a common theme, as suggested by the host for the month. This month’s host is Beer by BART, and the theme is “Will Travel for Beer“: If you just wrote [...]
I just returned from yet another trip to visit beer destinations, in this case beer gardens in Queens and Brooklyn, an emerging trend there. So it’s fitting that The Session is all about traveling for beer. Our 29th monthly trip is hosted by Beer by Bart tourguides Gail and Steve. Their chosen topic is “Will Travel [...]
As any craft brewer knows, first impressions mean a lot. With craft beer you often get one chance at convincing a consumer that your beer merits their bucks. So when you contract brew your beer at an ever-changing number of breweries and you have distributors and retailers all across the eastern United States, it is [...]
That's right...a third operation from Leigh Maida and Brendan Hartranft after Memphis and Local 44: Resurrection Taproom, at the current location of Yello! Bar. Here's the story, from Leigh, earlier today: Brendan and I are poised to sign a lease on the space known as (up until last night) Yello Bar, at Grays Ferry Ave and Catharine Street. (The fry oil might not even be cooled down yet... This is...
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