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Buttle's Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Saranac really makes a lot of styles, so many that I can buy their variety six-pack and find no beers that I've reviewed (though I've had a couple of these before). Adirondack Lager: The good news is that this isn't a bland lager. The bad news is it doesn't taste quite right (at least not to me). Clear, light amber color, light hop aroma. It's made with both Hallertau and Cascades, and you can kind...
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Barley Vine (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Great American Beer Fest is this weekend in Denver, and as luck would have it I'm actually here and got to go to the festival. I'll have a lot more on my day at the Fest and all that goes along with it, but I wanted to drop a special post congratulating those Texas Breweries that were awarded . - In the Kellerbier/Zwickelbier category Texas had two winners: Gold: Helles Keller from Fredicksburg...
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Beervana (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Okay, I'm an idiot. After hitting "post" on the previous rant, it ocurred to me that the "win percentage" isn't really based on the number of breweries in the state, but the breweries who submitted beers. And guess what? There were 62 Colorado breweries at this year's GABF. That's a win percentage of 55%. Not shabby. But Oregon won 19 medals on 24 breweries.* That's a win percentage of 79%. A far better...
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The Brew Site (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
The Great American Beer Festival held their coveted awards ceremony yesterday, and by afternoon had the list of winners online; you can view the page here . They have the complete list in PDF format, but I like the searchable format they have on that page too; it makes it easy to pull the list of Oregon winners. All in all, Oregon brewers brought home 19 medals: 9 Gold, 3 Silver, and 7 Bronze. Here's...
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Beervana (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
A few more observations on the GABF results. First, let's start with the brewery awards. The large brewer of the year is Anheuser-Busch, and Pyramid was the mid-sized brewery of the year. Both companies had watermark rocky years--Magic Hat picked up the ever-listing Pyramid (proud owner of the also ever-listing MacTarnahan's), while Bud, casting around for new products to shore up declining growth,...
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I Love Beer (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
The Austin American-Statesman had a wonderful interview in today's edition with world-famous former Austin brewer Pierre Celis . The 83-year-old is now retired and living back in his native Belgium, but Statesman writer Brad Buchholz (and not, oddly enough, regular beer columnist Patrick Beach) caught up with him on one of his frequent return visits. Just in case you're not clear on why he's world-famous:...
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Wort's Going On Here? (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
St. Arnolds Brewing Company and Fredericksburg Brewing Company won more medals at the Great American Beer Festival this afternoon. Here are all three Texas winners. Fredericksburg Brewing Co. Helles Keller TX Gold Kellerbier/Zwickelbier Saint Arnold Brewing Co. Saint Arnold Summer Pils TX Silver Munich-Style Helles Uncle Billy's Brew & Que Hell In Keller TX Silver Kellerbier/Zwickelbier
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Beervana (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
The GABF has announced the winners for 2008. Oregon's haul: Gold Deschutes, ESB - Extra Special Bitter or Strong Bitter Deschutes, The Dissident - American-Style or German-Style Sour Ale Full Sail, Pale Ale - Classic English-Style Pale Ale Full Sail, Session - International-Style Pilsener Laurelwood, Himmelbrau Helles - Munich-Style Helles Pelican, Surfer's Summer Ale- English-Style Summer Ale Rogue,...
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Asheville Beer Blog (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
For 27 years, brewers and beer lovers have invaded Colorado to attend the Great American Beer Festival , which is part competition and part festival. This year, there was only one winner from North Carolina, and it just so happens to come from a brewery in Asheville. Highland brewing took the silver medal in the American Stout category, for their wonderful Black Mocha Stout. To my knowledge, this is...
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Hop Talk (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
©Hop Talk - Use on other websites prohibited without express permission Captain Lawrence Brewing Company Contrary to popular belief, our annual “Octoberfest” weekend is not just the four of us sequestering ourselves in a man-cave and geeking out for three or four days. We do actually get out and do things. This year, we hopped on Metro North [...]
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Bartowel News (Free subscription) | yesterday
On Saturday, October 17th, the Beer Lovers' Tour Co. will be hosting their first Ontario Fall Colours Beer Tour. A country day-tour of discovery, the Ontario Fall Colours Beer Tour explores the historic beer-brewing counties of Grey and Wellington. Starting...
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Bartowel News (Free subscription) | yesterday
It appears that the recent trip taken by import agents Roland + Russell to the Copenhagen Beer Festival was fruitful, as they've recently announced the addition of two Scandinavian breweries to their portfolio. Norway's Nøgne Ø and Nørrebro Bryghus from...
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Bartowel News (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Granite Brewery (245 Eglinton Ave. East) have added a new beer to their line-up of ales. Dubbed Hopping Mad, this strong pale ale checks it at 6% alcohol with a strong hop character, but also enough malt to keep...
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Seen Through a Glass (Free subscription) | yesterday
As this posts, I'm accepting the trade and specialized beer and brewing media award of the Michael Jackson Beer Journalism Awards at the GABF; my piece in All About Beer on "The Real History of Craft Beer" won. My apologies to all the folks I told I was not going to be at GABF: the BA asked me not to tell anyone about winning the award, so I didn't. At all. And so this morning I left my hotel in San...
