This year’s Latin American Craft Beer Cup (Copa Latinoamericana de Cervezas Artesanales, or Copa Latam) competition has been set to take place in Lima, from the 14th to the 20th of May. The Copa Latam is a BJCP-sanctioned competition launched in 2014 through a collaboration between Peruvian craft brewers. The competition takes place concurrently with…
Danville Brewing at Øl
Just a few images from Thursday night’s Meet-the-Brewer event at Øl Beercafe & Bottleshop in Walnut Creek, featuring Danville Brewing Company and their award-winning head brewer, my friend, Matt Sager …
The Rake (Alameda, CA)
The Rake is Admiral Maltings‘ own taproom, attached to the malt house in Alameda. The Rake has the distinction of serving only beers made by local breweries using Admiral Maltings’ own malts. And, for the cherry on top, it is one of the very few beer bars –probably the only one, in fact– which overlooks…
Admiral Maltings’ “Open Malthouse Day”
On February 10th, I attended Admiral Malting‘s “Open Malthouse Day”, hosted by Admiral’s founders, Ron Silberstein (of ThirstyBear Brewing) and Dave McLean (of Magnolia Brewing), as part of San Francisco Beer Week. Guests were taken on thirty- to forty-minute behind-the-scenes of the malthouse, where we were able to learn about and observe the full production…