Bio: Brian Kropf is a former paratrooper of the United States Army's 82nd Airborne Division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and has spent over a year and a half fighting on the front lines of Iraq and providing humanitarian assistance to earthquake victims in Haiti. Brian now resides in Murphys, CA where he works full time for Mutineer Magazine and is in a scout sniper platoon in the California Army National Guard. When Brian isn't busy saving the world, he enjoys craft beer, tasty bourbon, and a good meal.
Website: http://www.mutineermagazine.com
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02/07/12
Mutineer Magazine to Sponsor Firestone Walker From The Barrel Event
Mutineer Magazine is pleased to announce that we are once again sponsoring Firestone Walker’s From The Barrel event held at the historic Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, CA. The March 30th event, now in its second year, will feature the finest ports, bourbons and barrel aged beers beers in a celebration of all things [...]
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02/06/12
Craft Beer Dinner in Napa, CA – Kitchen Door + Napa Smith Brewery. Feb 13
Napa’s Kitchen Door has teamed up with hometown brewery Napa Smith Brewery for a celebration of Northern California craft beer, great food and San Francisco Beer Week. Kitchen Door, recently honored as a Michelin Guide Recommended Restaurant as well as one of Bon Appetit’s 7 Best Restaurants on Napa Valley, will be pairing four delicious [...]
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02/02/12
You’re invited to make Encanto Pisco in Peru
Campo de Encanto Pisco is inviting every American bartender to join them in Peru this April to experience Vendimia, the harvest and fermentation of the Pisco grapes, to watch distillation and to roll up their sleeves and learn the craft of blending Campo de Encanto Pisco. Follow the simple rules highlighted in the video and [...]
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02/01/12
Courvoisier Announces C by Courvoisier
DEERFIELD, Ill., Feb. 1, 2012 — Courvoisier, the cognac house of Beam Inc., announced today the addition of C by Courvoisier to its award-winning portfolio. A bold, revolutionary cognac, C by Courvoisier is full of attitude, boasting a daring, intense flavor profile that stands out from the crowd and showcases a new side of cognac. [...]
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01/31/12
Anchor Brewing Pays Up To Settle Bi-Coastal Beer Bet
(JAN 31, 2012)–A bi-coastal bet was made between two of the nation’s leading craft brewers before the NFL NFC Championship game, and now it’s time to pay up. John Dannerbeck, president of Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco, and Steve Hindy, president of Brooklyn Brewery in New York, agreed to pour beer from the winning [...]
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01/30/12
Michel Rolland Turns Wine To Water in Africa
NAPA, Calif. — World-famous winemaker Michel Rolland built his reputation by working wonders in the cellar. Now he’s doing miracles of a different sort by turning his South African wine into water for Ethiopians in desperate need. A crisis of epic proportions is unfolding in Ethiopia, where every day millions struggle for their very lives [...]
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01/27/12
Event: Cochon 555 Napa Valley – Sunday January 29
Cochon 555 – five chefs, five pigs, five winemakers – is a one-of-a-kind traveling culinary competition and tasting event to promote sustainable farming of heritage breed pigs. The Napa event challenges five local chefs to prepare a menu created from heritage breed pigs, nose-to-tail, for an audience of pork-loving epicureans. On Sunday January 29, Cochon [...]
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01/26/12
Evan Williams to Release Cinnamon Reserve Flavored Bourbon
Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., the country’s largest independent family-owned and operated spirits producer and marketer, announces the release of Evan Williams Cinnamon Reserve Kentucky Liqueur, a new product that marries extra-aged Evan Williams Bourbon with natural hot cinnamon flavor. Bottled at 70 proof and available in both a 750ml and 50ml size, Evan Williams Cinnamon [...]
