The Charleston Brewvival festival was last weekend, and let me tell you, it was something like a phenomenon. As a beer geek, I was totally in heaven. I tried around 25 new beers that I’ve never had before, at least in the forms they were presented.
I wrote a more complete description of the festival on [...]
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additional Brewvival thoughts & Grady Hull from New Belgium
March 4, 2010an evening with Greg Koch from Stone
February 26, 2010Those evens always crack me up. Usually, when I see “An Evening With…” it conjures to mind visions of people sitting around a dark room trying hard not to doze off while someone is reading poetry or playing acoustic ballads. I’d rather watch Grey’s Anatomy than spend an “evening” with someone.
Well, Tuesday night did not [...]
Charleston Brewvival one week warning
February 20, 2010I’m getting super excited about the Charleston Brewvival Beer Fest coming up next weekend, February 27. Yes, I’m a little biased because I love Charleston and I know the guys from Charleston Beer Exchange and Coast Brewing, but see if this will sway you:
Avery Brewing Moloch and Meph Addict
Bell’s Expedition Stout on cask and Batch [...]
World Beer Festival – Columbia 2010 Awards
January 21, 2010This past weekend I had the opportunity to come back into my old home town, Columbia, for the All About Beer Magazine World Beer Festival. The good people of Columbia are starved for good craft beer, so I am very happy to see the festival come back after a successful debut in 2009.
I wrote a [...]
homebrew workshop at Coast on October 10
September 28, 2009Coast Brewing Co. in Charleston closing their homebrew shop on October 10. As many local homebrew shops have found over the years, it’s tough compete with the prices and selection of large online suppliers.
On one hand, that sucks, but on the other, it has created a good opportunity for some enterprising homebrewers. To celebrate the [...]
Brewgrass 2009
September 25, 2009Last Saturday was my first Brewgrass Festival in Asheville, North Carolina. This was the 13th year of this event that combines craft beer and bluegrass. This is one of the hottest tickets in beer festivals. Tickets went on sale back in February and it sold out within about two weeks.
About 3,500 people attended this year’s [...]
an unexpected passenger
May 18, 2009If you had told me when I woke up Friday morning that Sam Calagione would be sitting in the back seat of my Honda later that evening, I would have figured that several dozen of North Carolina’s finest would be in hot pursuit, rivaling something out of the Blues Brothers.
Dogfish Head Founder and Brewer, Sam [...]
American Craft Beer Week
May 12, 2009I’m a day late in my post, but yesterday began American Craft Beer Week. May 11 – 17 is a celebration to support craft breweries and the culture of craft beer. Many bars and breweries around the country are planning special events this week. If you are on Facebook, you can also sign the Declaration [...]
interview with Julie Atallah from Bruisin’ Ales in Asheville, NC
April 28, 2009Last week I had the great opportunity to interview Julie Atallah from Bruisin’ Ales in Asheville. We had a great time talking about how Julie and her husband Jason got into craft beer and started Bruisin’ Ales.
We also talk about the big beer event coming up in Asheville, Dogfish Head Mountain Weekend, when Sam Calagione [...]
