September Craft Beer Report – Zima, Gizmo Brew Works, Crying Eagle Brewing, Bayou Tech Brewing, NoLa Brewing, MIA Beer Company

October 20, 2017

Whether a brewery sends me a courtesy sample, I visit a brewery on a press trip, or I stop in a brewery because beer, I sample a lot of beer. Each month, I summarize my favorites in a craft beer report. September was rad! Which is why my craft beer report starts out with a review of THE throwback to the 90s – Zima! After our little stumble down memory lane (most…

Beer Flights – Pizza Port Brewing Carlsbad Beer Review

October 3, 2017

Of the breweries on my itinerary for Carlsbad, California, I was most excited to visit Pizza Port Brewing. With the company’s 90-plus Great American Beer Festival medals coupled with the fact that Pizza Port Brewery is not widely distributed on the East Coast, you can easily understand why. Pizza Port Brewing traces its roots back to 1987 when brother and sister team Gina and Vince Marsaglia purchased a struggling pizza parlor in…

Craft Beer Reviews

August Craft Beer Report – Southern Barrel Brewing, Hilton Head Brewing, Big Ditch Brewing, White Hag Brewing, Community Beer Works, 42 North Brewing

September 29, 2017

Whether a brewery sends me a courtesy sample, I visit a brewery on a press trip, or I stop in a brewery because beer, I sample a lot of beer. Each month, I summarize my favorites in a craft beer report. The summer has been crazy with travel, work, family vacations, and a daycare disaster which left me taking on more stay-at-home-dad duties than normal. Along the way, I dropped the ball…

Craft Beer Reviews

June Craft Beer Report – Country Boy Brewing, West 6th Brewing, Blue Stallion Brewing, Alltech, Haint Blue Brewery, Fairhope Brewing

July 26, 2017

Whether a brewery sends me a courtesy sample, I visit a brewery on a press trip, or I stop in a brewery because beer, I sample a lot of beer. Each month, I summarize my favorites in a craft beer report. It’s been a heck of two months filled with travel and a bit more freelance work than I was expecting (which is a good thing). Thus, I’m getting my June Craft…

Mother Bunch Brewing and the Story of a Modern Alewife

July 19, 2017

I thought a great way to wrap up my mini-series on Phoenix’s craft beer scene was with a Brewery Snapshot on Mother Brunch Brewing. I visited Mother Bunch Brewing last September on a whirlwind tour of breweries lead by Arizona Brewery Tours. As my guide for the day, Hoppy Motto, explained, our itinerary included breweries in the “Beermuda Triangle” – Mother Bunch Brewing, Helton Brewing, Helio Basin Brewery, and Wren House Brewing….

Beer Flights – A Helton Brewing Beer Review

July 4, 2017

Brian Helton opened Helton Brewing a year ago in the midst of Phoenix’s rapid growing beer scene. While many breweries need several months to work out the kinks with their recipes and equipment, Helton Brewing opened their doors with taps pouring well thought out and brewed beers – thanks to Helton’s decades long career as a store brewer and then regional brewer with Rock Bottom Brewery (he even racked up a few…

A Look at Phoenix’s Food and Craft Beer Scene with Wren House Brewing Brewer Preston Thoeny

June 20, 2017

Wren House Brewing is located in a 1920’s era bungalow in Central Phoenix’s Green Gables neighborhood. The brewery opened two years ago and epitomizes everything a neighborhood brewery should be. I stopped by to interview Preston Thoeny, Master Brewer, on a Tuesday afternoon, and the quaint, white tile splashed taproom was packed with business folk catching an after-work beer, tourists exploring the greater Phoenix beer trail, and neighborhood locals stopping in for a…

Craft Beer Reviews, Craft Beer Travel

May Craft Beer Report – Granite Falls Brewing, Salty Nut Brewery, Straight to Ale, Wooden Robot Brewery, Birdsong Brewing

June 15, 2017

Whether a brewery sends me a courtesy sample, I visit a brewery on a press trip, or I just stop in a brewery because beer, I sample a lot of beer. Each month, I summarize my favorites in a craft beer report. The beginning of May marked a stop at Granite Falls Brewing for a CraftBeer.com freelance assignment. Granite Falls Brewing is a brewery I’d seen around North Carolina in the grocery…

Craft Beer Travel

Fathers Day Gift Ideas for Beer Lovers

June 2, 2017

I’m about to say what most dads are afraid to admit but want to. Father’s Day gifts are lame. Sure, it’s cute when our daughter sees us wearing the tie they picked out with little pink duckies on it, but we stuff it in our briefcase as soon as we get in the car to avoid embarrassment at work. And no, we don’t need another box of golf balls. We buy these…

Brewery Reviews, Craft Beer Travel

April Craft Beer Report – NoDa Brewing, Triple C Brewing, Wilmington Brewing Company, Front Street Brewery, Flytrap Brewing

May 2, 2017

Whether a brewery sends me a courtesy sample, I visit a brewery on a press trip, or I just stop in a brewery because beer, I drink a lot of beer. Each month, I summarize my favorites in a craft beer report. April marks the end of my wife’s favorite beer season of chewy stouts, rich porters, and hearty winter warmers and the beginning of my favorite beer season of bright hops,…

Craft Beer Travel

September Craft Beer Report – Zima, Gizmo Brew Works, Crying Eagle Brewing, Bayou Tech Brewing, NoLa Brewing, MIA Beer Company

Beer Flights – Pizza Port Brewing Carlsbad Beer Review

August Craft Beer Report – Southern Barrel Brewing, Hilton Head Brewing, Big Ditch Brewing, White Hag Brewing, Community Beer Works, 42 North Brewing

June Craft Beer Report – Country Boy Brewing, West 6th Brewing, Blue Stallion Brewing, Alltech, Haint Blue Brewery, Fairhope Brewing

Mother Bunch Brewing and the Story of a Modern Alewife

Beer Flights – A Helton Brewing Beer Review

A Look at Phoenix’s Food and Craft Beer Scene with Wren House Brewing Brewer Preston Thoeny

May Craft Beer Report – Granite Falls Brewing, Salty Nut Brewery, Straight to Ale, Wooden Robot Brewery, Birdsong Brewing

Fathers Day Gift Ideas for Beer Lovers

April Craft Beer Report – NoDa Brewing, Triple C Brewing, Wilmington Brewing Company, Front Street Brewery, Flytrap Brewing

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