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It looks like spring might be here on the Kenai Peninsula for real this time. Granted, it can still get below freezing at night, but we are seeing some warm sunny days that have pretty much taken care of all the snow an dice on the ground. Plants are starting to bud, and soon it will be time to start planting things in the garden. Of course, th ...

The vernal equinox took place at 8:30 PM Alaska Time Saturday, which is theoretically the end of winter and the start of spring. In more practical terms, Southcentral Alaska got several inches of snow dumped on it from Saturday on into Sunday morning. It didn't start falling here in Sterling until about 8 PM Saturday, but we still got something ...

It's March here on the Kenai, and for a bit it seemed like spring was already here. Then last Friday we got another couple of inches of snow, which snarled traffic all over Anchorage and the Valley, so we'll have to put the spring planting on hold for a while yet. On the plus side, it gives us a few more days to enjoy winter activities like ski ...

It's been two weeks since my last blog, but that's because I was busy last weekend with the 2nd Annual Frozen River Fest here in Soldotna. I'm happy to report that the Fest was another big success, with even more folks attending than last year. Let's talk specifics. First, on the Friday night before the Fest, we had a wonderful Meet the ...

Mark Twain famously said: "No man's life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session." That statement is doubly true these days in Alaska, as the legislature tries to deal with the fact that state government can no longer live off the largess of the oil companies. Now that the party looks to be over, at least until oil pr ...

So, yeah, it's been almost a month since my last blog. The main thing keeping me away from the keyboard was that I took on a temp job, back at my old haunt, Kenai Peninsula College. Between doing data monkey work there and teaching two classes (including my Art & History of Brewing course), I really haven't been able to squeeze out enough t ...

We are well into January, so that means it's time to start talking about Alaska Beer Week. Taking place during the week before the Great Alaska Beer & Barley Wine Festival, this celebration has grown rapidly over the last few years, to the point now that I could easily spend this entire blog just recapitulating all the different events taki ...

Hello, and Happy New Year to you all. I thought I'd take the opportunity, here at the end of one year and the start of another, to depart a bit from my standard format of news and beer reviews for a few meditations on the current state of play in Alaska's craft beer scene, as well as some thoughts on the coming year. Looking back at 20 ...

Hello! I wasn't planning to blog again so soon, but I just learned a very hot piece of news. The owners of 49th State Brewing in Healy, Denali Visions 3000 Corporation, are in the process of purchasing the Snow Goose Pub/Sleeping Lady Brewery in downtown Anchorage. I understand that Sleeping Lady Brewery will no longer be a brand name, with a ...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the Peninsula. The big day is only a week away. However, for beer lovers in Wasilla, Christmas is coming a bit early, as tomorrow, Saturday, December 19, will be the long-anticipated opening of Bearpaw River Brewing Company. As I have blogged about in the past, this new brewery (28th in the sta ...