In October 2019, I sat down with Michael Linzmeyer, head Brewer of 7 Locks Brewing in Rockville, MD, to learn about their brewery and beer.
Read moreJoy Hound Beer Company: A Step of Faith
If you are a start-up brewery, a huge step of faith and confidence may be pouring your beer at the Baltimore Craft Beer Festival. This year, there were four breweries that did just that. One of those was Joy Hound Beer Company.
Read more1623 Brewing: A Brewery in the Making
Zac Rissmiller is very confident in his ability to make great beer. And, he is one honest and laid back guy. The first is the product from his ten years of brewing experience. The second is most likely from his living in Colorado.
Read moreCult Classic Brewing: Kent Island
Cult Classic Brewing (CC) is one of the newer Maryland breweries, opening in August 2018, and the only one on Kent Island. Barely a diversion from Westbound Rt 50, CC offers easy-off and easy-on access with plenty of parking.
Read moreREVIVE! Divine Food + Divine Beer 2019
The second annual REVIVE, a SAVOR-like event to highlight Maryland beer and food pairings, was held on August 24, at the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City.
Read moreBull & Goat Brewing: Catching Up
Almost three years ago I attended the grand opening for Bull & Goat Brewing in Centreville MD. At that time to say it was a hole in the wall was not far off. Things have changed since then.
Read morePrairie Ales
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.
Read moreThese are a few of my favorite things
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 moreBeer Talk
If you find yourself at a great brewpub with a good friend, discussing the finer points of Pete Brown's Miracle Brew, you have reached the pinnacle of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Read moreBeer on the Road: Asheville
Asheville NC is one of those places people tell beer stories about — a mystical place from which those that have ventured, more knowledgeable and better traveled, tell you tales of beer conquests — and you listen with childlike wonder.
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 moreBourbon Barrel Genius
I love to read, write and drink on the theme of barrels and beer, and thank whatever genius that brought this alchemy into being.
Read moreBeer Bloggers & Writers Conference 2018
Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference has been an event I've wanted to attend since I first learned about it. This year, 2018, the conference is practically in my backyard, Sterling VA. There are many reasons I am excited about attending this conference. For one, I'm going to be a speaker — sort of.
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 moreThe Session #138 The Good in Wood
The Session is an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single topic. The August 2018 topic is “The Good in Wood”.
Read moreFarmhouse Beers
Farmhouse beers are now a sought after beer style for me. Living on the Eastern Shore of Maryland USA means steamed crabs in the summer, oysters and clams in the winter. And no other beer quite matches the delicate flavors of fresh seafood as a saison or other farmhouse. So, make mine a saison or Bière de Garde please and be sure to throw in a dozen crabs.
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