Boulevard Brewing has been a legendary brewery to ever since I first tasted their Tank 7 American Saison Ale. During my travels to the Midwest, I was able to taste some very good beer and experience the prairie landscapes, towns and good folk.
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While many beers are available year round, there are many beers that are only available during certain times of year. I'm glad there are. These are the special bottles that have seasons and tradition. These build on a sense of expectation — like a child’s Christmas morning only for adults, with anticipation and excitement.
Read moreThe Beers of Our Life
Pick a beer for the end of a life, an end of a meal, an end of a day, an end of a relationship. So happy or sad, or something between.
Read moreStout Season
When the days grow short and a nip comes to the air, summer’s days have past and give way to autumn. And with this season comes many favorite things — the brilliant colors of the maples, sweaters, and stouts.
Read moreSAVOR 2018: Notes and Observations
Site of SAVOR. National Building Museum, Washington DC.
I love the Brewer's Association event SAVOR. The event is known as "An American Craft Beer & Food Experience”. Because of the the diversity of beer and their sources, it is my favorite beer event each year. Wherever you are in the world, you should make an effort to attend and here is why.
Read moreBeer Obscura
As you can imagine, as with any topic you choose there will be odd and interesting places, events and stories to be told. Here are a few from the Atlas Obscura website, with a beer theme.
Read moreThe Good in Wood: The Round Up
Wood has been used for millennia to store, transport and flavor beer, wine and spirits. Today, the relationship between wood and beer has regained its popularity with brewers and drinkers as observed in the prevalence of bourbon-barrel-aged beer and sours. This topic is deep and wide and meandering, romantic and historic, personal and professional.
Read moreCan You Put That in a Glass
Are you the person, when everyone in your group is drinking from a bottle asks the barkeep if they would put your beer in a glass?
Read moreGerman Wheat Beer
I traveled to Bavaria in 2011 and was able to experience Germany's highest peak. The fact that there was a beer garden there serving white sausage and Franziskaner hefeweizen made the views and trip that much more memorable.
Read moreSepia Tones: Baltimore Beer Lost
There is nothing more iconic about beer and Baltimore than National Bohemian Beer and the one-eyed, handlebar-mustachioed Boh man.
Read moreBeer Gardens
Maybe, just maybe, if you buy Silvia a beer or schnapps she will serenade your table for a while. What could be better on a sunny day in the biergarten with a fine German beer in hand?
Read moreBook Review: Off-Centered Leadership
So, there I am, standing in line with hundreds of Dogfish minions waiting for the WOCAAW gates to open. And then here comes Sam, grinning with his characteristic huge smile, greeting his peeps as he goes, offering high fives all around. I hold out my book and ask him to sign it for me, and...
Read moreHometown Beer
My brother and I were standing in the back of the bar looking across the room when a young man with a hard hat walked through the brightness of the door and then up to the bar. The helmet on his head shined from the lamp above the brim. I told my brother, I don't know what, but that is a great scene for a joke.
Read moreBeer on the Road: Syracuse NY
The Blue Tusk is a place to go for some of the best beers from around the world. All About Beer included it in the 125 Places To Have A Beer Before You Die. It was also listed in the 2010 Beer Traveler issue, 150 Beer Bars.
Read moreHomebrewing: Why But Why Not
Homebrewing? Why would I when I have a fridge (plus several boxes in the cellar) full of excellent beer. But still, the call of the kettle is alluring.
Read moreBeer on the Road: Salisbury MD
They wanted dinner but I wanted to take them on a ride into history on the oldest continuously operating ferry in U.S. history. What we discovered was good food with lots of character and the beginnings of a new beer phenomenon.
Read moreBeer on the Road: Utah
I had learned already never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
Read moreThree Beer Things In 2018
Three Things — three questions for you to ponder and consider extemporaneously from your perspective, as we look ahead to what this year, and beyond, will bring to the world of beer.
Read moreBeer Cellaring Journal
As a drinker of good beer I have had an interest in aging beer. While exploring the Untappd app, I discovered the Lists feature which proved as an excellent beer cellaring journal.
Read moreMaryland Oud Bruin
Oud bruin is an “old ale” tradition, indigenous to East Flanders, typified by the products of the Liefman brewery, which has roots back to the 1600s. Historically brewed as a “provision beer” that would develop some sourness as it aged.
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