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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01/25/12
Craft Beer Radar: Notable Upcoming Beer Releases
Full Sail Top Sail Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Porter The newest batch of Full Sail’s very limited bourbon barrel-aged beer is set for release on February 1st. Top Sail Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Porter has been aging in oak bourbon barrels deep in the brewery’s cellar for an entire year. Elysian Idiot Sauvin Elysian Brewing [...]
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01/20/12
Shit Bartenders Say
I don’t think much needs to be said about this, but it’s great. The Passenger in DC took it a step further and crafted a few cocktails in its honor. Photo courtesy of Derek Brown $1 off if you bring your own ice.
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01/13/12
Samuel Adams Brewers Unveil A New Spring Seasonal Beer
BOSTON, Jan. 13, 2012 — The brewers at Samuel Adams have crafted a brand new seasonal beer, Samuel Adams Alpine Spring. This beer has the balanced maltiness and hoppiness of a helles, the strength and smoothness of a bock, and the unfiltered haze of a kellerbier. Although it’s categorized as an unfiltered wheat lager, this [...]
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01/11/12
Cease and Desist Letters Can Be Fun – Freetail Brewing Co. and Hopasaurus Rex
Nobody likes it when craft breweries attack other craft breweries. Most of the time, a simple phone call to the other brewery would resolve whatever minor issue there was. We saw this with Russian River Brewing and Avery Brewing who both had a beer called Salvation. Instead of fighting it, they embraced it and blended [...]
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01/10/12
Federal agency cancels water delivery to Pa. town
The global water crisis is terrible. People in third world countries are left without clean drinking water and resort to drinking water that will make them sick or even kill them and even then, that contaminated water isn’t easy to get. But what about when it happens in our own country? What about when it’s [...]
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01/06/12
Founders Brewing Company to Release All Day IPA Session Ale
Founders, one of my favorite midwest craft breweries, just announced that they will be releasing an IPA session ale a month from today which will remain in their year-round lineup. I’m really excited about this beer and can’t wait to try it. Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 6, 2012— Founders Brewing Co.’s Co-Founder and Vice President [...]
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01/06/12
The California Growler Initiative
No one is to say for sure if these online petitions actually make an impact, but this is a law that would be nice to see changed. In many states, one can get nearly any size or type of growler or container filled with beer. It can be brewery specific or a $4.99 non-marked growler. [...]
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01/05/12
Bay Area beer expert becomes first woman & youngest person as Master Cicerone
From all of us at Mutineer, a HUGE congrats to Nicole Erny. She is both the first female Master Cicerone as well as the youngest Master Cicerone. Currently she is one of four Master Cicerones. Chicago – January 5 – The Cicerone® Certification Program today announced that Nicole Erny of Oakland, CA earned the title [...]
