Green Flash Brewery will open their new Cellar 3 Barrel Aging facility tomorrow, May 16. The event lasts from noon to 10pm and will include: Rare beer tappings Meet the brewers Green Flash Bistro Truck Art reception for the Cellar 3 debut art show assembled by San Diego Curator, Alexander Salazar featuring selected works from…
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Celebrating Beach City Brewery’s 1-Year Anniversary was my favorite brewing-related delight of this past weekend. The celebration began on Friday, May 8th, and lasted through Sunday. Beach City Brewery is Huntington Beach’s first craft brewery. I joined in the celebration and festivities on Friday. Beach City Brewery’s 1-Year Anniversary Celebration featured several of their signature,…
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Two weekends ago my son, James, married a wonderful woman, Linley. All of our family members are thrilled and happy! We love them both very much. I was honored and excited to present one of the wedding toasts after the ceremony. I thought I’d share my wedding toast here for three reasons: Someday you may…
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Asheville, North Carolina will host the 2015 Beer Bloggers & Writers Conference July 17-19 for 2.5 days of local, regional, and national presentations related to all things beer. Kim Jordan, New Belgium Brewing, has been announced as the Keynote Speaker for this premiere event. Kim Jordan is the co-founder and CEO of New Belgium Brewing….
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Sunday, April 12th will feature one of the USA’s top beer festivals – the Classic City Brew Fest in Athens, GA. Created/ managed by Brewtopia Events, LLC (the same outfit that does the wonderful Atlanta Cask Ale Tasting Event), the Classic City Brew Fest features around 400 rare, regional, and world craft beers. The event…
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Five hundred enthusiastic real ale drinkers frolicked at the sold-out Firkfest this past Saturday. Founded by Gregory Nagel, Firkfest is Orange County’s premiere cask-conditioned ale festival. What is cask ale? Cask-conditioned beer is a natural, living product. At the end of the production process the beer is not filtered, pasteurized or artificially carbonated. It’s placed…
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