Harpoon Brewery: Various and the Four Saisons
We felt like rock stars. When the Beer Bloggers’ Conference arrived at Harpoon Brewery in Boston this summer, we were quietly ushered away from the rather impressive stream of visitors [..]
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U.S. Beer Blogging in five minutes or fewer
Ring, ring. It’s two days before I leave for vacation in Ireland and Scotland. I’m ending the trip with the European Beer Bloggers’ Conference in Edinburgh. I brim with anticipation, excited as [..]
Ireland, Scotland, and Bloggers, Oh My!
This woman’s first real Irish Guinness is imminent, be prepared for the ground to shake. I’m going to Ireland for a week, my first time there, and then off to Scotland for [..]
Bochet Mead (Ever Try Caramelized Honey?)
Of all the brewing recipe possibilities, bochet made me nervous. I am a cold-method meadmaker. I heat water as little as possible to mix with the must, and heat the [..]
Run Up to European Beer Bloggers 2013: the Pub Crawl
In about six weeks I’ll be in Edinburgh for three days with more than fifty beer bloggers from the U.K. and across the Continent. I know, poor, poor, pitiful me. [..]
Semper Fi. Why isn’t the Tun Tavern in this year’s Homebrewer conference?
First thing, let me put in a plug for the American Homebrewers Association conference June 27-29 in Philadelphia this summer. The theme is “Brewing Up a Revolution.” Just ’cause [..]
#prayforboston
I have only ever run one marathon, and in the cause of full disclosure, I didn’t run all that much of it. I did complete the whole enchilada, got the [..]
Starting the BJCP class!
Sometimes fate just calls your bluff. I’ve been saying for a while now I’d like to take the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) certification – for mead, and maybe beer – [..]
Nov. 8, 2012: National Stout Day
It’s National Stout Day, and since stouts are my favorite style of winter beer I’m going home to heft one tonight. What I love about stouts: stouts and porters [..]
Gruit recipe from BaltiBrew
Baltimore Brew Festival hosted a Gruit Ale competition last night. I asked whether they would post their recipes on their website – don’t have an answer yet. One of the [..]
Homebrew and the Law
I had the opportunity to review homebrewing laws across the country for a Women in Homebrew event this weekend. The differences are pretty interesting. Maryland Homebrew, one of my local [..]
Baltimore Beer Week 2012
It’s Baltimore Beer Week! And there is some homebrewing action, boy howdy! Maryland Homebrew sent out an email with so many events on it that I’m not going to post [..]