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I like beer.

The Big Boys Are Coming to Asheville

Posted on April 6, 2012

Within four months of each other, craft beer behemoths Sierra Nevada and New Belgium announced they are bringing their game east and will build breweries in Asheville, NC. They are the second and third largest breweries in the country, respectively, … Continue reading →

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A Soldier Down

Posted on February 9, 2012

I made it five years, 20 days and 58 brews without losing a batch. Then came the fateful day, on January 18, 2012 when I made a small, one pound sour mini-mash. This mini-mash was to go into a Berliner … Continue reading →

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Barleywine Weekend VI

Posted on January 26, 2012

What if I told you that you could: Stay three nights in a 5 bedroom mountain home with a guest house Sample 60+ beers over those three days Dine on gourmet dishes, including a 9-course all-day beer/food pairing It was … Continue reading →

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A Beer Drinker’s Diet

Posted on January 3, 2012

I like beer. A lot. I brew it. I (sometimes) write about it. I drink it. One of the questions I’ve gotten more than once is, “How do you stay so thin and drink so much beer?” Before this post … Continue reading →

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Sam Adams Utopias

Posted on October 17, 2011

There are certain beers within the beer geek community that get our hearts aflutter and motivate us to camp out in advance of their release, as if we were Duke students who would do anything to get tickets for the … Continue reading →

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American Grocery and Stone Brewing farm-to-table dinner at Greenbrier Farms

Posted on October 15, 2011

When you mix the culinary innovation of American Grocery with the wizardry of Stone Brewing and place it in a majestic setting such as Greenbrier Farms, you know something magical is going to happen. That’s what we have coming to the upstate … Continue reading →

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Beer Tasting at Refresh Columbia

Posted on October 6, 2011

For those of you in the Columbia, SC area, I’m emceeing a beer tasting at Refresh Columbia on Thursday, Oct. 13 at 6 pm. I’ll be one of the speakers, along with Nick Wilson of Half & Half design and … Continue reading →

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Designing the Next You

Posted on September 2, 2011

As I’m sure you could deduce by my lack of writing over the past few months, but I’ve developed a serious case of writer’s block. I’ve had this blog for over four years, and I’m finding it difficult to come … Continue reading →

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Tuthilltown Spirits offers homebrew-sized whiskey barrels

Posted on July 23, 2011

Looking for a whiskey barrel to age your homebrew, but don’t want to invest in a 50-gallon barrel? Upon the recommendation of a man whose name I can’t remember from a recent beer dinner at American Grocery, I came across … Continue reading →

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wear your craft

Posted on July 14, 2011

How many times have we been in a bar with friends drinking a few pints, and sometime in the conversation someone has an idea for a new business or a product that will revolutionize the world, and everyone is like, … Continue reading →

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