Here’s a unique opportunity to join a new beer community – The Beer Connoisseur® Club. The Beer Connoisseur® Club’s vision is to become the world’s common place where people meet, share, learn and organize around beer. The same folks that started The Beer Connoisseur® magazine are now preparing to launch The Beer Connoisseur® Club through their…
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I’m on the road to the 2015 Beer Bloggers and Writers Conference. USA and European conference meetings are held annually. Asheville, North Carolina will host the USA conference July 17-19. Attendees will receive local, regional, and national presentations related to all things craft beer as well as sample numerous brews. Although the 2015 Beer…
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Next time you are in Solana Beach, stop by Culture Brewing Company and have a beer or two. This small brewery offers lots of charm and some solid brews. Located in the Cedros District, the brewery is easy to access. You can even ride the train to get there. Started by John Niedernhofer, Steve Ragan and…
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If there is anything I like more than drinking excellent beer, it is drinking excellent beer in an environment that is welcoming, relaxing, creative, fun, and intriguing. Bagby Beer Company provides all of these and more! Jeff and Dande Bagby opened Bagby Beer Company, in Oceanside on Coast Highway, in the fall of 2014. In…
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The craft beer revolution isn’t showing any signs of slowing down with 2014 proving another great year for brewers across the United States. According to the Brewers Association, there were approximately 1,521 operating craft breweries nationwide in 2008. By the end of 2014, there were 3,418. Of those, 1,412 were […] Click on This Forbes…
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This concise hops anatomy overview by Stephanie Peterson is an excellent read. “You’ve heard about hops. You know when they go into wort and what dry-hopping is. Heck, you even know they grow on bines, not vines! But do you know the how and why hops act the way they do in beer? Why they…
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