Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
On Saturday March 25th my homebrew club, the Diablo Order of Zymiracle Enthusiasts (DOZE), once again took part in the Brewing Network’s Spring Brews Festival in Concord’s Todos Santos Plaza. This was the 19th Brewing Network festival. It was a great success, with great weather, fun crowds, and over 30 commercial breweries sharing their beers,…
Unfortunately circumstances are such that I am not able to take part in any of SF Beer Week‘s activities, but I did manage to sneak in a taste of Big Chicken on Friday at Hops & Scotch, in Walnut Creek. Big Chicken is a double IPA released every year to coincide with SF Beer Week…
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SF Beer Week starts this Friday! Again this year, rather than the single big gala kickoff event in San Francisco, the Bay Area Brewers Guild will be putting on five regional SF Beer Week Kick-Off Parties. What is even more different this year is that rather than each region presenting a signature brew for Beer…
A while ago –yeah, I know, I’ve been slacking on my blogging– I had the opportunity to visit Good Wolf Brewing in Truckee (California). I was up there on a family weekend and, naturally, looked up local breweries at the north end of Lake Tahoe. I was already familiar with FiftyFifty, and it was a…