Articles Posted in the EDUCATION Category
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Prost! 10 American O-Fest Beers Worth Trying
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 [...]
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FTW: Handmade Wooden Beer Carriers
True story: I love to Google random word combinations that involve beer. And by doing so, I stumble across some pretty awesome (and some not-so-awesome) things. So I have decided that, from now on, I am going to start posting my awesome discoveries on Drink With The Wench in the category I am calling FTW [...]
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The Case for Beer: An Infographic Argument
If I had a dollar for every person that asked me to re-post an infographic or post a link to an article on my site, let’s just say I’d have a lot of dollars. But, from time to time, I find that some of the infographics are worth sharing. When done right, info graphics can [...]
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The Planets Have Aligned: Fifty Fifty’s 5th Anniversary & Annular Eclipse Celebration
As both a craft beer evangelist and an astronomy freak (star and moon obsession, true story), I am particularly excited about Fifty Fifty Brewing’s 5th Anniversary Celebration party this year, during the annular eclipse this May. Known for its highly coveted, internationally award-winning Eclipse series of Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stouts, Fifty Fifty Brewing is inviting [...]
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Dogfish Head Noble Rot: A Beer Even Robert Parker Might Like
The brilliant minds at Dogfish Head never cease to amaze me. It is no secret that my first love was wine. I dedicated nearly 7 years to studying and working with it. Media, retail, restaurant, winery — I’ve touched just about every tier of the industry. Wine, although arguably less dimensional than beer, is exciting. [...]
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Deviation from the Norm: Why Beer Mixology Has a Place in the Industry
de·vi·a·tion [dee-vee-ey-shuhn] noun 1. the act of deviating. 2. departure from a standard or norm. Synonyms: abnormality, anomalism, anomaly, atypicalness, bizarreness, eccentricity, exception, extraordinariness, oddity, peculiarity, strangeness, uncommonness, unnaturalness, unusualness, weirdness Antonyms: conformity, sameness, straightforwardness, uniformity “Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.” – Frank Zappa If there is any industry defined by [...]
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I’ll Show You Mine, If You Show Me Yours: His and Hers 2011 Breakdown
Considering collaboration beers are one of the fastest growing trends in the craft beer industry, it is only natural for bloggers to follow suit and work together as well. Beer bloggers Angelo De Ieso of BREWPUBLIC and Ashley V Routson of Drink With The Wench have banded together for a series of collaborative blogs posts, [...]
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Prohibition Did What?: A Beer-Goggled Look at the Volstead Act of 1920
I get a lot of spam mail from a lot of people stating that they posted content that they think would be relevant to my readers, offering to “let” me re-post the information on my website. For the most part, non of the links provided are of any interest to me, let alone my trusting [...]
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Announcing BeerMixology.Com — A Collaborative Website Dedicated to Crafting Cocktails with Beer
After months of research & development, a team of craft beer and mixology experts across the U.S. has finally unveiled its new and exciting project, BeerMixology.com — the Internet’s most comprehensive and collaborative resource for beer cocktails. In its most basic definition, beer mixology is defined as the art or skill of crafting and mixing [...]
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Whole Foods Market® and The Beer Wench Present Craft Beer Twitter Tasting Series
BERKELEY, Calif. (December 13, 2011) — Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) has teamed up with social media maven and craft beer evangelist, The Beer Wench (@TheBeerWench), on a series of virtual beer tastings to be hosted LIVE on Twitter. The themed series will take place every two months. The first tasting in the series is scheduled [...]
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