Category Archives: Beer events

rare beer auction to benefit gulf coast families

Posted on June 27, 2010 by

The Avenue Pub in New Orleans, Louisiana is in the process of organizing a rare beer auction to benefit the families affected by the BP oil spill in the Gulf. The auction will take place on August 28 at the … Continue reading →

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Beer City Festival in review

Posted on June 9, 2010 by

This Saturday, Nicole and I attended the first annual Beer City Festival in Asheville, North Carolina. Rather than type up some boring review of our experience, I thought I would show you the video expose Nicole created for Voltron Team, … Continue reading →

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Greenville Beer Week

Posted on April 13, 2010 by

This past week could have been classified as Greenville’s Unofficial Beer Week. It was anchored by Saturday’s Top of the Hops Festival, Greenville’s first major beer festival. Barley’s Tap Room and Thomas Creek Brewery, Greenville’s craft beer standard bearers, were … Continue reading →

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I’m teaching the Hombrewing 101 seminar at the Top of the Hops Festival

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

I’m sure most of you from Greenville have heard by now, but on April 10, the Top of the Hops Festival is coming to the Bi-Lo Center from 2-6 pm. This is the first major beer festival to be held … Continue reading →

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hitting up the Sweetwater Brew Your Cask Off festival

Posted on March 16, 2010 by

This weekend is going to be bittersweet for me. I was supposed to run the ING Georgia Marathon, but a little over two weeks ago, I had a pretty painful experience with my knee on my final long run, a … Continue reading →

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additional Brewvival thoughts & Grady Hull from New Belgium

Posted on March 4, 2010 by

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 … Continue reading →

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an evening with Greg Koch from Stone

Posted on February 26, 2010 by

Those 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. … Continue reading →

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Charleston Brewvival one week warning

Posted on February 20, 2010 by

I’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 … Continue reading →

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World Beer Festival – Columbia 2010 Awards

Posted on January 21, 2010 by

This 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 … Continue reading →

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Great American Beer Festival results announced

Posted on September 29, 2009 by

In Denver this past weekend was the Daytona 500 of beer festivals, the Great American Beer Festival. As much as I wanted to go, I couldn’t fit it into my budget for the year. Brewgrass had to do for me… … Continue reading →

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