Author: Firkin Ron

Beer enthusiast and evangelist.
2020 Great American Beer Festival Winners
Oct 17

2020 Great American Beer Festival Winners

PRESS RELEASE Winners of 2020 Great American Beer Festival Competition Revealed During First-Ever Virtual Ceremony 272 medals awarded to 240 breweries in world’s most prestigious professional beer competition 2020 Great American Beer Festival Winners Boulder, Colo. • October 16, 2020 — The Brewers Association (BA) awarded 272 medals* to 240 breweries across the country during the 2020 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) competition awards ceremony. The best beers in 91 beer categories covering 170 different beer styles…

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13 Halloween Beers and Movies
Oct 16

13 Halloween Beers and Movies

13 Halloween Beers and Movies – On Halloween we celebrate all things spooky. Traditionally, kids don costumes and masks and travel door-to-door in search of candy treats. For adults, Halloween often includes costume parties and watching scary movies. However, the year 2020 changed our perspective, including the need to wear masks all the time in…

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Anderson Valley Brewing Company - Vacations in a Glass
Oct 6

Anderson Valley Brewing Company – Vacations in a Glass

Anderson Valley Brewing Company – Got cabin fever yet?! Between staying home, business restrictions and social distancing, 2020 presents a major test to our ability to remain safe and yet stay sane. Are you feeling like this?!!  However, one great way to combat your cabin fever is to take a trip to an isolated area….

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Dr. Hoby Wedler Helps Make Sense of Your Senses
Sep 29

Dr. Hoby Wedler Helps Make Sense of Your Senses

About 200 people are sitting with me in a conference room at the 2019 California Craft Beer Summit. We are all waiting to hear from Dr. Hoby Wedler, a renowned speaker in sensory perception and integration, about one of our favorite topics – beer! In fact, we are also going to evaluate a few beers….

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TEA Time Brewpub - Vacations in a Glass
Aug 7

TEA Time Brewpub – Vacations in a Glass

TEA Time Brewpub – Krakow, Poland Wherever I travel, I’m always on the lookout for breweries that serve traditional cask-conditioned ale – also referred to as real ale. Real ale or cask-conditioned beer is a natural, living product.  At the end of the production process the beer is not filtered, pasteurized or artificially carbonated. Instead,…

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Brouwerij St Bernardus - Vacations in a Glass
Jul 31

Brouwerij St Bernardus – Vacations in a Glass

Brouwerij St Bernardus The genesis of Brouwerij St Bernardus is steeped in some intriguing history that is actually represented in their beers’ logo that features a monk. A Tale of Monks In the late 19th century, France adopted anti-clericalism attitude and policies. So in 1901 some of the Trappist monks at Mont des Cats in…

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