Denver Beer Fest – Part 1

My wife, daughter, and I are traveling across the USA and back. Our first stops were in Utah. From Utah, we traveled over the Rocky Mountains to Denver, Colorado, arriving in time for the Denver Beer Fest. The Denver Beer Fest is a 10 day celebration of craft brewing and all things beer in the…

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World’s Smallest Mass Produced Beer Can?

My son is in Japan at the moment.  He sent me a photo of what may be the world’s smallest mass-produced beer can. Do you have any unusual beer cans or bottles?  Send me a picture (firkinron@firkinbeer.com).  If I’m impressed, I’ll post it.  

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Beer, Bier, Cerveza, Brusta, Bee-Ye, Dughck, Pivo………………..

Are you heading off to travel the world?  Consider downloading Pivo.  Pivo teaches you how to order a beer in 59 different languages – each with the correct spelling, phonetic pronunciations and supporting videos from native speakers.

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Summer 2013 California Brewery Tour – Part 7: Lagunitas Brewing Company

My wife and I recently attended a family wedding in Chico, California.  As part of the trip, we decided to append a tour of 10 breweries in California that were conveniently located along the way.  Click here to read about our seventh brewery stop – Lagunitas Brewing Company.

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Happy Saint Arnoldus Day!

Today (July 18th) is St. Arnoldus Day.  The day is celebrated annually in Brussels, Belgium. Saint Arnoldus is most famous for urging his congregation to “Drink Beer, Not Water” during a plaque epidemic. Because beer is sterilized in production and the local water was the source of the sickness, people were saved. So today drink beer instead of water and raise a…

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