50 real ales on offer at Carlisle beer festival News & Star The three-day event has been enticing beer-lovers to the city for more than a decade, and this year's offerings have certainly impressed the punters. The annual event, organised by the Solway Branch of the Campaign for Real Ale, is taking place at the ...
Read More »The place to enjoy real ale in Suffolk
Haverhill Echo The place to enjoy real ale in Suffolk Haverhill Echo A local pub has added to its reputation for fine ales and good food after winning a prestigious award. The Three Tuns in Cowlinge was awarded the title of West Suffolk pub of the month by CAMRA (the Campaign for Real Ale). The country pub has been ...
Read More »Annual Casks and Caskets Homebrew event for charity tonight
Annual Casks and Caskets Homebrew event for charity tonight Fox11online.com OSHKOSH – Halloween may be over, but the community is still invited to one more celebration in Oshkosh and it's for a good cause. Nearly 150 brewers and homebrewers from across the area are offering samples of their best homebrewed beer, wine, mead .. ...
Read More »Two Major ALIA Awards for Coopers
Coopers Brews Two Major ALIA AwardsMedia ReleaseCoopers’ flagship beer, Coopers Original Pale Ale, has been named Australia’s Best Full-Strength Beer for the seventh time in eight years.Coopers was also awarded Best Marketed Beer or Cider Brand at last night’s 21st annual Australian Liquor Industry Awards (A ...
Read More »Happy Halloween!!!!
Greetings from the NorCal Beer Blog! Halloween is my favorite time of year. Best wishes to you and yours tonight. Be safe and lift a pint to the Great Pumpkin. I know I will! Cheers! Mark Harvey check out my "other" blog here for Halloween fun
Read More »Cigar City Brewing Oktoberfest
Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Cigar City Brewing Oktoberfest - German-Style Festbier. From the Cigar City Brewing website: “Orange in color with a rocky white head, this festive lager is our tribute to Duke Wilhelm IV’s marriage hundreds of ...
Read More »The New Yorker Cover, Interpreted
I really tried to ignore the new New Yorker cover. I kept seeing posts on blogs, Facebook, and Twitter fly by, and the wave just gathered steam. I thought I could ride it out. But it's safe to say that I have never seen anything attract this much of the beer world's attention since the dawn of the social media age, and now I have to ...
Read More »Back Alley’s new brewer has big plans for the Draft House
As noted in a recent edition of The Week Ahead in Beer, Back Alley Draft House has bid adieu to brewer Addison Poth, who is headed for San Diego. While it’s always sad to see a good brewer depart, it’s one of those “the king is dead, long live the king!” moments as the torch has been passed at BADH. Enter Brandon Venagli ...
Read More »5 Ways to Start Homebrewing This Weekend
Men's Journal 5 Ways to Start Homebrewing This Weekend Men's Journal Why is homebrewing so much fun? First off, you get to unlock your mad scientist and flex your creative muscles at the same time. Two, it's no secret that beer is delicious and intoxicating and once you add the secret ingredient — pride of ownership ...
Read More »Finding Craft Beer Around Disneyland
Recently my wife and I celebrated our (lucky) 13th anniversary by taking a trip to Disneyland in California. We did our honeymoon at Disneyworld in Florida, but this was my first time in CA. I could write a book on our adventures in and around the parks, but since this is a beer blog, I'm going to focus on that! Let's just say ...
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