Exploring Craft Beer and Homebrew in Peru (Country Code 51) and the USA (Country Code 1)
I had my first -and, hopefully, not last- taste of the 2024 Pliny the Younger triple IPA from Russian River Brewing Co., yesterday at Øl Beercafe & Bottleshop in Walnut Creek. Øl was having an on-the-down-low Younger release event –the beer wasn’t on the board, you had to know to ask for it– before announcing…
Big Chicken is a double IPA released about this time every year by Hen House Brewing in Santa Rosa (CA) in advent of San Francisco Beer Week. The 2024 version is the ninth annual release of Big Chicken. Each year Hen House distributes kegs of the brew to select accounts in surrounding counties, who then…
SF Beer Week is back! … I mean, it’s been back, but now it’s back to how it used to be, with the full-on, in-person, kick-off Opening Gala event at Pier 35 in San Francisco’s Embarcadero waterfront. As always, there is an impressive lineup of beer-themed event throughout the Bay Area. The SF Beer Week…
