It’s a weekday night in New York City, and what’s a girl to do?  Well, go to a craft beer bar event, of course! Last Wednesday, July 28th, that’s exactly what *this* girl did. Continue Reading »

“Our poor little beaked brethren think they are vacationing in the sunny Gulf but they are really flying straight into a disaster zone.” – Pete Cotter, president of Blue Point Brewing. “While others are focused on cleaning up the beaches and water, our efforts are purely for the birds.”

Long Island’s only microbrewery, Blue Point Brewing Company, has announced the development of a speciality batch beer created specifically to help raise money for birds hurt by oil spills — both now and in the future. The beer is being called ‘Toxic Sludge’ and it is a Black IPA (India Pale Ale) — also referred to as the “American-style Indian Black Ale”, one of the newest beer style categories being recognized by the Brewers Association this year. Continue Reading »

Cuvée: (noun) wine in casks or vats so blended as to ensure uniformity and marketability. “Wine?” you may say.  ”But I thought this was an article about beer!”

Rest easy, my dear friends, for this is, indeed, about beer…

With the rise of more and more craft breweries and styles, the term “cuvée” has expanded to include blended beer, often Franco-Begian in style. Search the keyword “cuvée” on Beer Advocate and you’ll see what I mean — an expansive list of beers named after the blended wine. Continue Reading »

There’s a winery in Washington State that’s trying to rock the boat so hard, you can damn near surf off the waves created by said boat rocking. This winery is Hedges Family Estate, based out of the Red Mountain AVA, which is centered on Benton City. Continue Reading »

Oskar Blues Brewery of Lyons, Colorado has a problem, a big problem. Despite adding nine 200-barrel (6200 gallon) fermentation tanks, they cannot keep up with demand. In fact, they’ve got so much demand for their canned beers such as; Gubna, Ten FIDY, Dale’s Pale Ale, and Mama’s Lil Yella Pils, that they have had to drop distribution in eight of the 26 states they service. Oskar Blues founder Dale Katechis said that, at the current rate of demand, recent orders by distributors may not be filled until mid-October. Continue Reading »

Brooklyn Brewery – “Detonation Ale”

Treading confidently in the heralded footsteps of Brooklyn Brewmaster Reserve releases ‘Manhattan Project’, ‘Backbreaker’, ‘Cookie Jar’, ‘Dark Matter’ and most recently Braggot-styled ‘Buzz Bomb’, comes ‘Detonation Ale’.

Esteemed Brooklyn Brewmaster, Garrett Oliver, says of this hoppy beast, “For about eight years now, we’ve brewed a Brooklyn-style hop monster called ‘BLAST!’ It’s a robust IPA using both British and Pacific Northwest hops. We haven’t had enough space to brew much of it, but we hear that people really enjoy BLAST! when it shows up. And it’s one of our favorite beers here at the brewery. Well, now we’d like more of you to see our hoppier side. Meet BLAST!’s big brother, Brooklyn Detonation Ale.”
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If you cook it, they will come. On Saturday, July 24th, over 60 vendors gathered together at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena to feed the people – and the people came in hoardes.

From food trucks to tequila tastings, over 5,000 attendees sampled street food from food trucks like Mariscos Jalisco, Flying Pig, Frysmith and Monsieur Egg. Local eateries in attendance included Starry Kitchen, Mo-Chica, Sedthee Thai Eatery and Scoops Westside. Continue Reading »

You may be familiar with the popular phrase In Vino Veritas (in wine there is truth). Well, now you can add En La Libertad De Tequila (in tequila there is liberty) to your list of fine beverage philosophies.

In its newest campaign, “Tequila Is Liberty”, 901 Silver Tequila is on a mission to inspire and compel its consumers to “elevate themselves above their everyday norm” and urges people to “feel at liberty to pursue”. Continue Reading »