I recently met with Chris Banker, creator of a beer that was the winner of Stone Brewery’s 2014 American Hombrewers Association-sanctioned homebrew competition. As the competition winner, the beer was commercially produced (with minor collaborative adaptations by Stone Brewing and Cervecería Insurgente) and released in 2014 as a collaboration beer known as Chris Banker/Stone/Insurgente Xocoveza…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.
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About a week ago, my wife and I were exploring San Diego and wandered over to Pacific Beach. As noted on Wikipedia, “Pacific Beach is a neighborhood of San Diego, bounded by La Jolla to the north, Mission Beach and Mission Bay to the south, Interstate 5 to the east and the Pacific Ocean to…
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