Persistence definitely pays off, especially with my awesome boss Dan Del Grande, brewmaster and owner of Bison Brewing. After a few months of incessant begging, followed by several weeks of research and development, I am excited to announce the release of “Saison de Wench” — the first beer, of hopefully many, that I helped design [...]
“Artie, I think I want to start a blog.” “Ashley, stop thinking.” And on that fateful day in October 2007, I stopped thinking and started writing. My first blog (hazy stars) was inspired by Artie Isaac, my employer and my most influential mentor at the time. My sincere desire to work for Young Isaac was [...]
This morning, Jay Brooks of Brookston Beer Bulletin tagged me in what I will call a pseudo chain mail style post circa 1990. Unless you were born in the 90′s (and if so, why on earth are you reading my blog?), you are probably familiar with these types of emails. Your friend send you a [...]
Okay, so technically I missed my blog’s birthday by two days. This is because I was stuck in the midst of travel and any sense of time completely evaded me. I really wanted to write a well thought post about how far I’ve come in the past three years (insert sob story here) and how [...]
I hate to play favorites in the blogosphere. I would love to use the analogy of “Mama Wench” and say that picking a favorite blogger is like picking a favorite child — I love each and every one of them in their own special ways. But that just sounds creepy. Especially since 1. I am [...]
I recently had the honor of being the first beer blogger to be featured in DRAFTMag.com’s newest series: On The Beer Blogger Beat. In his newest section, Noah Davis catches up with some of the best beer bloggers in the country. I was honored and humbled that DRAFTMag.com chose to launch the section with yours [...]
DRINK WITH THE WENCH PRESENTS: The Beer Blogger Interview Series Curious what goes on in the minds of your favorite beer bloggers? Well, The Beer Wench is and she has embarked upon a mission to interview as many beer bloggers that she can — from all over the world. Are you a beer blogger? Do [...]
Today I was extremely excited, humbled and honored to learn that one of my favorite craft brewers in the country, Todd Parker, released a new beer inspired by … well, The Beer Wench (aka me!). The beer was inspired by a Featured Beer Tweeter interview that Todd did with me back in December. One of [...]