This year marks the first time I will be able to attend FirkFest in Orange County and I’m excited. FirkFest 2015 will be held on Saturday, March 21st in Anaheim, CA. Over 50 casks of beer from 30+ of SoCal’s best breweries will be tapped in Anaheim’s Farmers Park. Attendees will be able to sample…
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I had the extreme joy of attending the 11th Annual Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting held this past Saturday. Thank you to Owen Ogletree, Brewtopia LLC Beer Events, and other sponsors for such a great event! The sold-out event featured over 40 breweries from the United States and the United Kingdom and offered 47 different cask…
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Eugene Oregon is home to many excellent breweries. For example, Ninkasi Brewing and Steelhead Brewing are well-known, excellent breweries in Eugene and are certainly quality places to visit. However, during my recent Eugene visit I was directed to some brewery diamonds that deliver outstanding brews and are rapidly gaining international recognition in the brewing world…
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Many beer pundits pick Portland, Oregon as the #1 city in the U.S. for quality beer and I would be hard pressed to disagree. You can barely walk a block without passing a bar, taproom, restaurant, or brewery offering outstanding craft beers. I recently spent two days sampling #Portland craft beer and cider, meeting friends,…
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I’m excited to announce that I will be attending the Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting (ACAT) event in January 2015! ACAT 2015 will be held on Saturday, January 24th from 3-6 pm. Over 40 rare, cask-conditioned real ales from the USA and UK will be featured. This annual event is the southeast’s premiere real ale festival….
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Victoria city and Vancouver Island, Canada are well-known for beautiful scenery, Native American art and heritage, architecture, fishing, boating, and Butchart Gardens. However, you should also think craft beer. Here are four craft breweries you should visit during any trip to this area. Driftwood Brewing Company Started in 2008, Driftwood Brewery caught my attention initially…
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