Going to try to do some real-time beer tasting and blogging here at Beer Bloggers Conference during a session called “Live Beer Blogging”, described by the conference providers as follows. Live Beer Blogging is the premier event of the Beer Bloggers Conference. It is a fast-paced, fun event that is sort of like speed dating…
Read More
1. Craft brewers view themselves as compatriots, not competitors. Beer bloggers should feel and act the same way. Most do. I’ve made several friends here. 2. There is lots of room for the craft brewing industry to still grow and the economic benefits of craft breweries to their local communities are substantial. 3. 86% of…
Read More
Yesterday the wife and I took a leisurely drive from Orange County, CA to San Diego for today’s start of the 2014 Beer Bloggers Conference. The trip included stops at two breweries – Mike Hess Brewing and Ballast Point Brewing. Mike Hess Brewing started in 2010 as San Diego’s first nano brewery with a…
Read More
I’ll be attending the 2014 Beer Bloggers Conference in San Diego this weekend (Aug 22-24). This is the premiere event for those who enjoy writing about beer and brewing. Hope to see you there! Featured image courtesy of P.E. Bettencourt.
Read More
Last night I traveled to The Globe Gastropub in Garden Grove for the unique opportunity to try Chimay Première (aka Chimay Red) on draft. Chimay is the brand name for a set of “Trappist beers” brewed by the Cistercian monks at Notre-Dame de Scourmont Abbey, Belgium and Chimay Première is the flagstaff of three beers…
Read More
This evening The Globe Belgian Gastropub will be serving Chimay Première (aka Chimay Red Cap) on draft. Chimay Première was the first beer brewed at the Notre-Dame de Scourmont Abbey by the Trappist fathers in 1862. Its current recipe was crafted by Father Théodore when he recreated the brewery after World War II. He was directly…
Read More