The State Brewery on tap for Columbia's historic Curtiss-Wright hangar The State After four years learning the trade from Seattle brewer Mike Hale of Hales Ales, Varner came back to the Capital City and in 1995 opened Hunter-Gatherer, the popular south Main Street microbrewery and pub. (The state legalized microbreweries in 1994.)  ...
Read More »Brewery on tap for Columbia’s historic Curtiss-Wright hangar
The State Brewery on tap for Columbia's historic Curtiss-Wright hangar The State After four years learning the trade from Seattle brewer Mike Hale of Hales Ales, Varner came back to the Capital City and in 1995 opened Hunter-Gatherer, the popular south Main Street microbrewery and pub. (The state legalized microbreweries in 1994.)  ...
Read More »Brewery on tap for Columbia’s historic Curtiss-Wright hangar
The State Brewery on tap for Columbia's historic Curtiss-Wright hangar The State After four years learning the trade from Seattle brewer Mike Hale of Hales Ales, Varner came back to the Capital City and in 1995 opened Hunter-Gatherer, the popular south Main Street microbrewery and pub. (The state legalized microbreweries in 1994.)  ...
Read More »Brewery on tap for Columbia’s historic Curtiss-Wright hangar
The State Brewery on tap for Columbia's historic Curtiss-Wright hangar The State After four years learning the trade from Seattle brewer Mike Hale of Hales Ales, Varner came back to the Capital City and in 1995 opened Hunter-Gatherer, the popular south Main Street microbrewery and pub. (The state legalized microbreweries in 1994.)  ...
Read More »Years Back – England part 1
Continuing our European year 10 years back. We spent the winter in southern England and loved it. Saw snow once. Here's the diary. About British beer. It's warm. It's flat. It's bitter. It's good. We're of course drinking only real ale - draught beer drawn by suction or gravity from casks where the beer is still fermenting. Of course Stel ...
Read More »Photos: Bluffton international and craft beer festival
Island Packet Photos: Bluffton international and craft beer festival Island Packet Local. Photos: Bluffton international and craft beer festival. LinkedIn · Google+ · Pinterest · Reddit; Print; Order Reprint of this Story. The 5th annual Bluffton International & Craft Beer Festival was held on Saturday, Nov. 7, ...
Read More »GALLERY: National Learn to Homebrew Day
Southernminn.com GALLERY: National Learn to Homebrew Day Southernminn.com Kos Diveris, left, begins making extract Saturday at The Contented Cow as part of National Learn to Homebrew Day. Members of the Milltown Mashers held demonstrations on how to homebrew beer. (Nick Gerhardt/Northfield News) ...
Read More »Craft beer finding its niche in Clarkton
Elizabethtown Bladen Journal Craft beer finding its niche in Clarkton Elizabethtown Bladen Journal CLARKTON — Move over Budweiser, craft beer is beginning to gain in popularity in the region and noplace is that trend more evident than at Kinlaw's Beer & Wine in Clarkton. The business, formerly known as Prince Johnson Winery, ...
Read More »IPA Challenge Returns to Traverse City
We all have our favorite beers, but what if you had to pick your favorite without knowing what it was? The TC Ale Trail , along with sponsors Drink My Brewcast , M ichigan Hop Alliance , and MI Local Hops, brought back the Traverse City IPA Challenge for its second year. The TC Ale Trail promotes Traverse City brews through several creati ...
Read More »Counterfactuals
A little Saturday morning chin-scratcher for you to mull. Stan links to an article about the famous "judgment of Paris" in the wine world and wonders: What if Fritz Maytag had not bought Anchor Brewing in 1965? What if the committee charged in 1906 with interpreting the meaning of the Pure Food and Drug Act had decided to implement some so ...
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