Fat Head’s began brewing in the historic South Side of Pittsburgh, PA in 1992. Later, in 2009, Fat Head's Brewery & Saloon opened in North Olmsted, Ohio. Here, they produced over 5000 barrels in the first 3 years of business. They expanded to a ...
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The Many Faces of Boston Beer Works
Brothers Joe and Steve Slesar started Slesar Brothers Brewing Company in 1990. Their combination of restaurant and brewing experience motivated them to open a successful group of brewery/eatery locations throughout the Boston area. The Boston ...
Jack’s Abby Focuses on the Rare Breed of Craft Lagers
Jack’s Abby Brewing was founded by brothers Jack, Eric, and Sam Hendler in January 2011 in Framingham, Massachusetts. They learned from watching their father, grandfather, and uncle run the successful Saxony Ice Company, leaving the brothers with ...
Mystic Brewery Blends Old World Tradition with Modern Beersmithing
Mystic Brewery is located in historic Chelsea, Massachusetts. A place that isn’t “afraid of no stinking microbes,” they brew new beers in the old tradition. With a Ph.D in agriculture and years of homebrewing under his belt (did I mention he once ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Weeping Willow Wit
Mother Earth Brewing was founded in the summer of 2008 by Stephen Hill and Trent Mooring, both from Kinston, North Carolina, a city of under 25,000 residents. Their love of beer began with homebrewing and working for a local grocery store that ...
Midnight Mad Scientists Conjure Complex Concoctions at Night Shift Brewing
Night Shift Brewing was founded in 2012 by three friends and homebrewers, Michael Oxton, Mike O’Mara, and Rob Burns. Their goal is to create memorable craft beers that offer a wide array of rich, complex flavors.
First Annual St. Bonifest at St. Boniface Brewing Company
On Saturday, June 7th, St. Boniface Craft Brewing Company held their inaugural St. Bonifest celebration at the brewery in Ephrata, PA. The event is a nod to St. Boniface Feast Day on June 5, which marks the death of the saint from which the ...
Philly Beer Week in the Burbs
Instead of fighting the traffic into center city Philly on Thursday evening, we decided to hit up some of the beer spots in the Philly ‘Burbs. Philly Beer Week events take place all over eastern PA, so you don’t have to be in Philly to enjoy PBW. ...
Steph’s New Brew Review: Heather Ale
Cambridge Brewing Company, founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, brews traditional, new American, and experimental beers styles. They were the first commercial brewery in America to produce a Belgian beer, and their barrel cellar was one of the ...
Extreme Homebrew Challenge at Jose Pistola’s
This past Monday, June 3, we hit up the Extreme Homebrew Challenge 2014 at Jose Pistola’s in Philadelphia. It was the 7th year for the event, which is part of Philly Beer Week. Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head and George Hummel and Nancy Rigberg of ...
