The Brew SiteMy article today over on Hop Press is the write-up of my visit with Greg Koch of Stone Brewing last week. He’s a really cool guy, and had no problems about meeting with me—which is awfully generous for the busy CEO of a big company. I’ll be posting some “liner … Continue reading
It’s time to write my “Best of 2009” wrap-up post, looking back over the past year to come up with “The Brew Site Best”: those beers and breweries and festivals that really stood out for me personally. (Which is my disclaimer to say that in no way am I proclaiming … Continue reading
Just so the suspense can start killing you, I’m working on my “Brew Site Best of 2009” post which I should have online in the next day or so: my personal “best of” list as gleaned from the beer and brewery reviews I made online in 2009. I don’t have … Continue reading
Merry Christmas everybody! Hope you all are having a safe and beery holiday.
With all the business of this Advent Beer Calendar I’m running this month, I forgot to link to my two latest Hop Press articles: a multi-part guide to the Bend beer scene. Part 1 is here, wherein I cover Deschutes Brewery and Bend Brewing Company. Part 2 is here, covering … Continue reading
The Beer Wench (a fellow Hop Press writer) has started up a series of “beer blogger interviews” lately on her blog, and today she posted the interview with yours truly. It’s a fun read, and reveals a bit more about my overall background than I probably have here. Though my … Continue reading
My latest post over on Hop Press is up today: a vertical tasting of Jubelale. Something else to be thankful for this week!
My first Featured Article for Hop Press is up this morning: Pumpkin Beer Season. Go give it a look.
There was an interesting local article about beer and the economy this week: High Desert’s big beer biz: Bottoms up or bust? It includes some interesting and candid quotes from some of the beer folks here in Bend, including Deschutes Brewery’s Gary Fish and 10 Barrel’s Garrett Wales. “At Deschutes … Continue reading
You may have noticed that I’m not doing a Theme Week right now (it is the third Monday, after all), but don’t worry, I’m plenty busy on the blogging front: today marks the launch of a new beer blog I’m working on for Hop Press, RateBeer‘s nascent publishing empire. This … Continue reading