| As you may or may not have noticed, I delayed this blog for a few days. I chose to do so for two reasons. First, because I wanted to be able to write about the Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival which took place on Saturday. The second reason is that I won’t be writing another one until the last week in August, as I will be busy with some family events. So this will be it for a couple of weeks from me.
Before I talk about the festival, I need to mention a piece of news that hit the wire yesterday: Fred Eckhardt passed away at the age of 89. I never had the pleasure of meeting Fred, but I did read many, many things he wrote on the subject of beer and was always impressed, both by his style and his substance. He is another of the legendary pioneers of beer writing, the dean of American beer writers, and his absence will be keenly felt by all of us. I will be raising a glass in his honor tonight. Moving on to happier news, the Fifth Annual Kenai Peninsula Beer Festival, which took place from 5 t … |
Source: Drinking on the Last Frontier
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