I am slammed today and don't have the time to add a lot to the latest numbers put out by the Brewers Association. They're just pretty staggering: Craft* now has an 11% share of the beer market's total volume and 19% of the dollars.That's growth of 18% over last year's totals to 22 million barrels (the segment only hit 10 million in ...
Read More »Another Kona Brewers Festival In The Books
They came, they drank and it looks like they all had a blast. The 20th annual Kona Brewers Festival was another huge success raising money for a ton of great organizations in Hawaii. I wasn’t able to attend this year, but I sent Maui photographer and beer lover Bryan Berkowitz to capture the entire event. Here are a few pictures he captur ...
Read More »Favorite Apps for Beer Lovers
Got to love technology! With so many apps in the marketplace I thought I would go through and list my favorite beer-related apps. Just doing a bland beer search on your iPhone app store brings up thousands of hits. Let’s sort some of these out, here are my go to beer apps: *Untappd* – the most popular app with most beer lovers. A fu ...
Read More »Jack Of All Brews March 2015 Meeting Wrap-Up
JAB March 2015 Meeting! This month Mike and Kristin Lebben were willing to open up their basement bar and brewing area for our meeting. Thanks guys! Here is a recap for those who couldn't make it, or who wanted more details... Upcoming Events: 1) Lucid BFD contest--Register Feb 26-April 4. 2) Judging first round of NHC April ...
Read More »Champagne Velvet Museum
Once upon a time Mike Rowe owned the Champagne Velvet Brewery and Tap Room in Terre Haute. Back in 2003 I stopped in with a camera and took pictures. These are mainly from the 2nd floor of the pub when it was a Museum of Terre Haute Brewery’s goodies. Enjoy. ...
Read More »Taxman brewing in Bargersville hitting their stride
Can a brewery in Bargersville, IN, prosper with Belgian style beer? The answer seems to be yes (& as Belgian style beer lovers, we certainly hope so). Taxman Brewing only recently started brewing their beer in their Bargersville brewpub. (They've had beer under the Taxman name since 2010.) Our experience at Taxman this past week was wo ...
Read More »New Scottish brewery – Campervan Brewery
The main point of difference behind the Campervan Brewery – is a rather wonderful 1973 Type 2 Volkswagen. Paul’s brewkit is a Brewmeister 50l, chosen specifically for its portability; the plan is to take the kit on the road, brewing wherever he goes. Connected to a mains unit if available – brewing on battery power ... The pos ...
Read More »Boulevard Brewing Company Westside Rye Ale
Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Boulevard Brewing Company Westside Rye Ale - Tasting Room. I picked this one up at the brewery on a trip to Kansas City. Commercial description: “30% malted rye = tangy, piquant, edgy. Does it go well with pastram ...
Read More »President Mocks Hillary’s Homebrew Server
President Mocks Hillary's Homebrew Server The Weekly Standard (blog) Hillary Clinton was the butt of a joke from the commander in chief Saturday night in Washington. The line was delivered at the secretive Gridiron Club dinner, an annual event held by club made up of journalists. The joke began with Barack Obama noting ...
Read More »Edinburgh Beer Weekly 16/03-22/03
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