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Billy Smith recently took over as the brewmaster at Kona Brewing Company and I thought I’d catch up with him to see what his plans were for the Big Island brewery. 1. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Indiana, and then I moved to Colorado where I started my professional brewing carrier with Glenwood Canyon Brewing Company. I’ve ...

Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the NorCal Beer Blog's brew review. Tonight’s featured beer is Sprecher Brewing Company Pipers Scotch-Style Ale. This bottle was gifted to me by a friend. From the Sprecher Brewing Company website: “This hearty red-brown ale has a slight, smokey aroma complexed with caramel and l ...

Someone from Eugene's Bier Stein pointed me (via Twitter) to this article by Saul Austerlitz in the Times magazine.  It discusses the rise of "poptimism," the backlash among music critics against those who have long lauded mainly old, white dudes. The reigning style of music criticism today is called “poptimism,” or “po ...

Have you heard about BruFrou? It’s happening this Saturday at Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum. BruFrou is a craft beer + culinary pairing event, featuring 70 local breweries and eateries. There are two sessions: the first from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. and the second from 4-9 p.m. If you don’t already have your tickets ch ...

Have some beers that are going to be making their way to Eastern Iowa shelves soon. Some are new and some are seasonals that we’ve seen before. From beerpulse.com. Coming from Boulevard for the Tasting Room pack: *ESB *Ginger-Lemon Radler Here’s more from the brewery: Brewmaster Steven Pauwels encourages our brewers to brew what ...

On Saturday, I pried myself away from the computer to head down the gorge for the first annual Hard Pressed Cider Fest just outside Hood River.  The location was a fruit warehouse in the middle of acres and acres of rolling orchards in bloom.  I'm still in super slo-mo on blogging as I enter the final two weeks of book-writing (about ...

Congrats to the following Indiana breweries who are coming home with medals from this weekend’s World Beer Cup competition: Carson’s Brewery (Evansville) Red Dawn Silver Medal: American-Style Wheat Beer Thre3e Wise Men Brewing (Indianapolis) Hot for Teacher Ms. Doppelbock Silver Medal: German-Style D ...

My picks of beer news from around the web that you need to read and my two cents on the topics.  Most of the time it’s Hawaii beer news topics, but every once in a while you’ll find other general beer related topics. World Beer Cup - Congratulations to Thomas Kerns and the team at Big Island Brewhaus for capturing 2 bronz ...

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After many months of waiting, anticipating and getting thirsty, Honolulu Beerworks is opening it’s doors this Friday, April 11th! I’ve been following the progress of owner and brewer Geoff Seideman for Honolulu Magazine and here on the blog. It’s truly impressive how a once empty warehouse has been transformed into a cool a ...