Last Saturday I attended my first ever brewery pool party. I thought it a very novel idea that a brewery would host a pool party, uniting two great loves of mine. As was the case with Gnarly Barley’s party, social … Read More »
I’ve been to a lot of breweries in my day, and I’ve been to a lot of pool parties. Until moving to Louisiana, I had not considered the possibility that the two were not mutually exclusive, that they could combine … Read More »
2 babies, 3 states, 4 days, 5 new friends, 9 breweries, and 79 Untappd check ins make for a beertastic Memorial Day beercation. Did I mention there was beer? My beercation got off to an aggressively early start. Our trio … Read More »
Independent craft beer in Bogota is not easy to come by, but if you look hard enough it is around. As is the case in most developing and third world countries, light lagers dominate the beer landscape in Colombia. Unsurprisingly, … Read More »
After touring Anchor and visits to Almanac, Cellarmaker, and FiftyFifty, there was only one thing left to do on my California trip: make the pilgrimage to the East Bay purveyors of dank, The Rare Barrel and Fieldwork. I was first … Read More »
I have lived in Houston for nearly 12 years, and I had never been to Kemah. When the gf suggested we go to a beer fest at the Galveston Bay tourist attraction, I thought “hell yeah!” and “I knew I’m … Read More »
Having begun my California trip with ~10 Anchor tasters by noon, it was time to explore San Francisco. A hilly and lovely walk from Potrero Hill brought me to The Mission where goal #1 was to put some food in … Read More »
I have been to San Francisco many times before, but I had never visited one of America’s oldest craft breweries (or the oldest depending on your definition). I decided to rectify that, and it was certainly helpful that my friend … Read More »
Even a short weekend in New York can provide a flurry of beerventures. Aided by lovely weather all weekend long, my lady friend travel companion and I were able to fit a lot of activity into about 50 hours in … Read More »
Full disclosure: this post title is garbage. Judge me all you want. When I first found out I’d be traveling to Minnesota for work, I had two thoughts: 1) holy shit it’s going to -20℉ and I’m going to freeze … Read More »