Saucony Creek’s Captain Pumpkin’s Maple Mistress Ale, A 9.5% pumpkin ale Saucony Creek Brewing Company works with local farmers to grow barley and hops, describing themselves as “forward-thinking cultural curators bringing together local ...
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Steph’s New Brew Review: Hop Stoopid Ale
Lagunitas Brewing Company’s Hop Stoopid Ale An 8% Imperial IPA boasting 102 IBUs Lagunitas was founded in 1993 in Lagunitas, California. A year later, they moved to Petaluma, California, where they became one of the fastest growing craft ...
Monastery of Christ in the Desert/Abbey Beverage Co.
While visiting my brother in New Mexico recently, he surprised me with a day trip to Monastery of Christ in the Desert, a Roman Catholic Benedictine monastery near Abiquiu, New Mexico. Located within the Chama Canyon wilderness, it is 75 miles ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: The Love
Starr Hill Brewery’s The Love, a 4.6% German Hefeweizen It’s no secret that our mission is The Gift of Great Beer. Every culture in the world has a fermented, cereal grain beverage that people use to sit around and talk. I’m a steward of the ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Dark Hollow
Blue Mountain Barrel House’s Dark Hollow, a 10% imperial stout aged in oak bourbon barrels Blue Mountain Barrel House was founded in 2011 by the Smack family as a sister brewery to the Blue Mountain Brewery, in Afton, Virginia. The original Blue ...
Steph’s West Coast Beerventure
Steph recently spent a couple weeks roaming from San Fransisco to Las Vegas, hitting up some awesome beer spots on the way… San Francisco is a phenomenal city. The people, the sites, the bridges, the food, and… the beer. I enjoyed ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Castaway Chocolate Orange IPA
Thomas Creek Brewery’s Castaway Chocolate Orange IPA, a 7.5% India Pale Ale Thomas Creek Brewery, located in Greenville, SC, opened in 1998. Their brewing system includes both 30 and 3 1/2 barrel systems that allow them to create both year-round ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Six Rivers Chili Pepper Ale
Six Rivers Brewery’s Chili Pepper Ale, a 6.0% spicy ale Six Rivers Brewery, located in McKinleyville, California, was purchased in 2004 by co-owners Talia Nachshon and Meredith Ripley. Six Rivers brews have been featured at LA Fashion Weekend and ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Tres Blueberry Stout
Dark Horse Brewing Company’s Tres Blueberry Stout a 7.5% American stout Dark Horse Brewing Company opened in 1997 in Marshall, MI. They are a microbrewery with a taproom that boasts over 3200 mugs that fill the ceiling and walls owned by its mug ...
National Homebrewers Conference 2013
I just returned from the 35th Annual National Homebrewers Conference in Philadelphia, PA. The event was from June 27 to 29, 2013, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center and the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown. The event brought 3,400 homebrewers to ...
