As you can imagine, I get my fair share of requests from PR companies looking to promote this that and the other thing on my blog. For the most part, brewery press releases excluded, these pitches are either irrelevant to the goals of my site and less than appealing (ok, most of them are junk). […]
Although it’s exorbitant amount of craft breweries and beer bars make Portland (OR) one of the best beer destination cities all year round, visiting the Rose City during one of its major beer events can be a legendary experience. One such beer event is a KillerBeerWeek — a must not miss beer experience of epic […]
Are you currently a head brewer looking for a new and fun opportunity? Well, if you are willing to relocate to Sunny Southern California, I have got the dream job for you! My friends over at Modern Times Beer in San Diego, CA are looking to hire a skilled, experienced, process-oriented Head Brewer! Modern Times Beer […]
True story: I was born in Denver. Sadly, aside from birth and two years of childhood, I am far from being an expert on the city of Denver. But, what I lack in knowledge about the city, I make up for with my expertise in partying — errrr, responsible consumption of alcoholic beverages. Even though I […]
This Saturday kicks of the 179th Oktoberfest — the largest and, quite possibly, the most drunken party in the world. As with many regional designations in the alcohol world (Bourbon, Bordeaux, Trappist to name a few), the label “Oktoberfest” is reserved for only the beer produced within the city walls of Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest Beer […]
Welcome to the GABF Event Radar: The Wench’s top picks for events during the Great American Beer Festival. Okay, so I haven’t been going to the Great American Beer Festival for nearly as long as most of my colleagues in the beer industry — but, this doesn’t mean that I don’t have the scoop on […]
Armed with shakers, jiggers, muddlers and magic fairy dust, my friends and I are about to attempt a feat of the most unthinkable proportions. This Sunday, Andie Ferman of St. George Spirits, Dan Del Grande of Bison Brewing, and I are setting out into uncharted territory to convince the ever-skeptical beer purists of the Brewing […]
Although the city of LA is mostly associated with Hollywood, fake boobs and horrible traffic, Los Angeles is slowly but surely emerging as one of California’s best beer cities. More and more buzz-worthy breweries, beer bars, and gastropubs are popping up in The City of Angels. What was once a beer desert, LA is slowing […]
Three years ago, I had the honor of attending the release party for Sierra Nevada‘s first-ever collaboration beer, Life & Limb, in San Francisco. For the its first collaboration project, Sierra chose good friend Dogfish Head, a collaboration beer veteran. Technically speaking, they released two beers that day; Life & Limb and Limb & Life […]
Welcome to the GABF Beer Radar: The Wench’s top picks for events during the Great American Beer Festival. Okay, so I haven’t been going to the Great American Beer Festival for nearly as long as most of my colleagues in the beer industry — but, this doesn’t mean that I don’t have the scoop on […]
