Last month the folks at Full Sail Brewing Co. invited me along on their annual hop harvest at Sodbuster Farms near Salem, Ore. Here’s a little audiovisual recap of that lovely September day.
Category: libations
Top 5 Things That Will Make Me Smack You at GABF
The Great American Beer Festival is once again upon us and if you’re heading to Denver this week to join in the revelry (as I am) and you don’t want me to beat you up on sight, these are the behaviors from which you should refrain: 5. Applauding when a glass is dropped. Seriously, how old are you?…
Bitter in New York
I love a good Old Fashioned. Mainly because I love good bourbon. (And I want to taste the bourbon, so don’t you dare put any club soda in it. But I digress). But the one ingredient that’s often taken for granted is the bitters—without which, an Old Fashioned wouldn’t be an Old Fashioned. You’ll never…
NYC: Brews & Brine
I can’t believe Jacob’s Pickles has been around for about a year and I only just made it there for the first time last night—especially considering pickles and beer are two of my desert-island treats. And it still wouldn’t have been on my radar had it not been for the generous invite from the Jacob’s…
Vietnam Flashback
When I was in Singapore and Vietnam about a year and a half ago, I shot a silly little video for beverageworld.com on the burgeoning beer scenes in the two countries. OK, burgeoning is accurate for Singapore. For Vietnam, I’d call it embryonic. (And they still put ice in their beer. It’ll probably take a…
The Rice is Right
The thing about Portland, Oregon, is that most thirsty pilgrims heading there are after one thing: beer—myself included, admittedly. But you’d be seriously short-changing yourself if you didn’t take a ride about 25 minutes outside the city to Forest Grove and visit one of only a handful of saké breweries on U.S. soil (I think,…
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