Beer Festivals, Charlotte, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

Charlotte Craft Beer Week’s Annual Cask Ale Festival at Duckworth’s

March 17, 2014

What is cask ale? According to the web site Cask Toronto, cask ale is “beer that is brewed from traditional ingredients and matured in the cask from which it is served. This means that it is fresh and unfiltered and therefore has a unique flavor. Cask ale is naturally conditioned as a by-product of the secondary fermentation that takes place inside the cask. It is then served directly, without the use of…

Brewery Snapshot: Dogfish Head Alehouse

December 13, 2013

In the faith of craft breweries, Dogfish Head has always served as my authority on beers. Sure, Stone has earned its arrogant reputation with its high quality brews. Rogue deserves props for the care that goes into growing many of their ingredients at the Rogue Farm. And Sierra Nevada owns hops like no other brewery. But no brewery goes as far into the study of the history of brewing beer as Dogfish Head….

Brewery Snapshot: Cigar City Brewery in Tampa, Florida

June 12, 2013

I love to travel, and I love good beer. On occasion Often, these two passions collide. On a recent work trip to Tampa that appeared to be completely drab with Tropical Storm Andrea quickly approaching (read no chance for toes in the sand), I by happenstance stumbled upon Cigar City Brewing. How I stumbled upon Cigar City Brewing After a day of flying and client meetings I popped off at a…

Travel Moments

December 20, 2012

Travel moments are those unexpected moments that just happen. They aren’t planned, they aren’t foreseen, nor are they packaged. They’re that encounter with a stranger over a local beverage, that meal that unexpectedly tantalized your taste buds, that song that brought you out of your seat and onto the dance floor, that spiritual connection with Mother Nature, that city that barely made your itinerary that now romanticizes your soul. Travel moments occur…

Charlotte Brewery Crawl

October 19, 2012

When I moved to Charlotte six years ago the city was void craft breweries, or micro-breweries as they were called way back then. Sure, there was Rock Bottom Brewery in Uptown, but have you checked recently? There’s a Rock Bottom in nearly every major city and then some. They are as corporate as Anheuser (sorry, InBev). There was also some brewery up near Mooresville that nobody new the name of, but they…

Blogging, Craft Beer Travel

Songlines of a Parrothead

August 24, 2012

I still remember myfirst Jimmy Buffet CD – Songs We Know by Heart. I was thirteen and ordered it as part of my 8 free CDs from Columbia for joining their music club. The order was a mixture of terrible early 90s pop music and a few artists from the classic rock genre. I was at that age where it was becoming cool to shun artists of your own generation for those…

Craft Beer Travel, Europe, Travel

A Toast to Bavarian Beer Culture and Oktoberfest

July 9, 2012

This toast is to you, dear Bavarian, and your strong beer culture. Where beer drinking is not simply a past time, or a binge that college students partake in on weekends, or an act old men perform on riding lawn mowers wearing running shorts and worn-out V-neck t-shirts. No, dear Bavaria, you have proudly integrated beer drinking into your way of life, to the accolades of beer connoisseurs worldwide. Yes, my esteemed Bavaria,…

Bamberg Beercation: A Self-Guided Bamberg Beer Tour

May 24, 2012

I couldn’t possibly venture to Bamberg, Germany without making a mention of its significant brewing tradition. In fact, a mention wouldn’t do Bamberg justice. This little city’s contribution to the beer world merits an entire post. Secretly, it was the main reason why I wanted to visit – to go on a self-guided Bamberg beer tour. UNESCO World Heritage Site aside, this town of 70,000 boasts 9 breweries brewing 50 unique beers. …

Starkbierfest, Munich – Let the Debauchery Begin

April 18, 2012

By happenstance, we stumbled into Munich for Starkbierfest – Munich’s secret beer festival First, let me start by explaining what Starkbierfest is, besides some good ole German debauchery. Starkbierfest traces its roots back to 1627 when the kind hearted Paulener Monks were looking for a way to reprieve the citizens of Munich from the pangs of hunger felt during Lenten fasting. What better way to quench those pains than with a strong…

Craft Beer Travel

Charlotte Craft Beer Week’s Annual Cask Ale Festival at Duckworth’s

Brewery Snapshot: Dogfish Head Alehouse

Brewery Snapshot: Cigar City Brewery in Tampa, Florida

Travel Moments

Charlotte Brewery Crawl

Songlines of a Parrothead

A Toast to Bavarian Beer Culture and Oktoberfest

Bamberg Beercation: A Self-Guided Bamberg Beer Tour

Starkbierfest, Munich – Let the Debauchery Begin

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