If you haven’t checked out part one of my Midwest road trip, pump the breaks and click here. Or if you abhor Minnesota like Julie does, you can start two paragraphs below where the Wisconsin part of the trip begins. You’d think I’d have learned by now, but most trips with Julie begin with […]
A Brewery Here, A Beer Bar There – Midwest Edition Part 1
When your best friend gets married, buys a house, and gets a new puppy all within six months, there really is no better way to celebrate than by taking a gluttonous beer trip through her homeland of the Midwest. You may remember Julie from some of my past GABF posts (2016, 2017, 2018). She has […]
Get ’em While They’re Wet!
The majority of hops used in the brewing industry are pelletized, meaning the hops have been processed and squished down into little, green, rabbit-food-lookin pellets. This compressed version of hops is much easier to store and use than hops in their natural whole cone form. But who said easier was better? One season a year, […]
The 2018 Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival Experience
What better way to begin the new year than with a beer festival at 9,600 feet of elevation? I skipped the typical resolutions and drove straight up to the ski town of Breckenridge, CO to participate in the 18th anniversary of the Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival held the very first weekend of 2018. […]
A Brewery Here, A Beer Bar There – Arizona Edition
If it were up to me, this is what I would do. I would travel to places, drink their best, see their best, make friends with their best, and write all about it here. The world of beer has enough stories to tell using that formula to write volumes, but a chapter or two will […]