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Hey there, long time, no blog. Life gets in the way. Oh well, hope to have more soon. In the meantime, check out this really cool event from New Belgium this Thursday in New Orleans. New Belgium Brewing’s Wood Beer Specialists to Present a Sensory Sour Symposium in New Orleans on March 10   Eric and Lauren Salazar will teach at ...

Man, it has been a busy... (looks at date of last post)... few months. Bypassed the holidays and Mardi Gras, looks like. Oops. Right at the new year, Tom Conklin opened his Chappapeela Farm Brewery. Then Mardi Gras with its various seasonal beers and cans. And riding Nyx with my krewe! (I acquired several beers along the route from ...

Hey there! Long time, no blog. The holidays and the day job kept me busy, and I haven’t written anything in a while. Hope to turn that around soon. At the end of 2015, Abita Brewing launched their foray into the hard root beer world with Bayou Bootlegger. They sent me a six pack of it to sample, so here are my thoughts. If you’ll re ...

Great news for fans of Bell’s Brewery here in Louisiana. Bell’s plans to expand into Louisiana in 2016! See what they have to say below: Bell’s beer will head to Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas Josh Smith | Bell’s Brewery 12.03.2015 We’re excited to announce that we’ve begun the process to bring ...

THANKSGIVING!!!! Man, I've been so busy writing stories about, like, pairing beer with turkey that I haven't even remembered to forget to update the blog. I was just reading a description of a brewery's winter warmer and realized I kind of hate those beers along with pumpkin spice beers. Christmas/holiday/winter beers are all super dark, ...

Saint Arnold Brewing recently debuted a new IPA, inspired by the hand painted cars that brewery team members can be seen driving from time to time. Art Car IPA has finally made it to store shelves in south Louisiana, and naturally, I had to test some out. Saint Arnold says this about Art Car IPA: Art Car IPA is an American IPA featuring a blend ...

Sierra Nevada Brewing is well known for their use of whole cone hops in their beers. They also were among the first breweries in the US to use wet hops in their Northern Hemisphere Harvest IPA. Here’s what Sierra Nevada says about this limited release beer: Northern Hemisphere was the first wet hop ale and it inspired the wet hop craze he ...

Learn to Homebrew Day (LTHD) was established by the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) in 1999 to encourage homebrewers to introduce their non-brewer friends and family to the most rewarding hobby, obsession and lifestyle since the beginning of time! Through beer making, demonstrations, tastings and other educational efforts, LTHD events a ...

In my Gambit column a couple weeks ago, I mentioned that World of Beer is doing a fall food menu with suggested beer pairings. They invited me in to taste it and I've gotta say, it's pretty good. I didn't pay for the food and drink they had me try, but I would definitely go back and pay for that cornbread and chili. Mmm, on this rainy day, ...

Last Saturday saw the 2nd Annual GnarBQ at Gnarly Barley Brewing, and along with that, the release of their newest beer, Imperial Korova Milk Porter. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make the event, but I did get a bottle of it (thanks, Chuck P!). This is how Gnarly Barley describes Imperial Korova: This is an Imperial version of our Balti ...