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Here's my TOP 5 list of craft brews from the RVA ROCK$ OnTap! event. This list was diffcult to make because almost all of the beer I tasted at this event was great. Regardless of the difficulty there were 5 craft beers that stood out. 1. Isley Choosy Mother Peanut Butter Porter This oatmeal porter is one of my favorite beers of all time n ...

Utah's largest homebrew competition has a date! The 6th Annual Beehive Brew-Off has been scheduled for August 16-17, 2014. Entries will be accepted August 5-10. . One entry consists of three (3) bottles. To assure the anonymity of brewer, bottles must be standardized to the current AHA competition requirements: 12 oz bottles with no p ...

No, I haven't forgotten. I've been around some of Prague's brewpubs and have a few reviews in the pipeline. Here's the first two of that bunch: Pivovar U Bulovky and Pivovar Bašta. Basically, both these places are neighbourhood pubs that happen to make their own beer, but that is pretty much where the similarities end. U Bulovky ...

Media ReleaseThe CBIA response to the ACCC decision on Byron Bay Pale LagerThe Craft Beer Industry Association (CBIA) would like to acknowledge yesterday’s announcement that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued two infringement notices to CUB regarding the labeling of Byron Bay Pale Lager that it produce ...

And then there were two. It's been a long month of surprise, disappointment and confusion but we managed to come together and choose two locally made beers that represent the quality of what a Utah craft beer can be. These two beers couldn't be anymore different. we an Amarillo dry hopped Double India Pale Ale that uses a shload of Amer ...

What? You're thinking of reading this post without first having read part 1, part 2, and part 3? What sort of mad person are ya? When we got to Hofbräuhaus Kristof called a friend of his to check if he was in town. It was Diego, an Italian who sells Auer-Bier at his pub in Verona, and an all around great bloke. Diego is one of tho ...

Today's New Beer Friday offers some big, rich examples of Belgian beers. These are not for the timid tongue. Trappistes Rochefort 6: Rocheforts 10 and 8 have been in the market for quite some time. This is the little brother to these world renowned Trappist ales. It starts with cherry notes along with rum-soaked raisins and grapes. Bready s ...

Eight Degrees Brewing Company has been churning out some consistently good produce over the past few months. Christ, they’ve just won a medal at the World Beer Cup for their US Amber Ale, Amber Ella. However much of a toss … Continue reading →

I wasn't very much looking forward to April this year. Back in February I leant that my main beer supplier, Nápoje Charvát would be closing at the beginning of the month – some personal issues of the owner. When March was coming to an end and there was no news about someone who would carry one with the business, as was Mr. ...

Hello everyone, and welcome back to the blog! It’s been a memorable winter, mostly because it never arrived, and we now have early summer instead of spring. Summer is definitely one of my top four seasons in which to drink beer, so the arrival of warm days and long evenings has also spurred me into making sure that my fridge is well s ...