Proclamations are just the start at Shore Craft Beer Month kicks off
This week Berlin announced that October once again would be recognized as Shore Craft Beer month, just in time for the inaugural Berlin Crab Feast, featuring local beers (I personally am looking forward to trying out the Blue Crab Stout brewed with crabs). Next week, Ocean City and Worcester County are going to follow suit, […]
This week’s top 9 beer and brewing stories
Just so there’s no confusion, we know that Bud and Miller merged, but it is a story we’ve been covering in depth for the last few months. There aren’t a bunch of surprises or changes, so we didn’t include it, although we certainly at least will mention it on the podcast. A lesser known story […]
Looming hop shortage can be a good thing
We’ve been hearing about this for awhile, that there is a hop shortage and it will kill, or at last maim, the craft beer industry. “Inconvenience” is the word I would choose, but I’ve never been an alarmist. At the bottom of the problem, according to the Wall Street Journal is a supply problem for […]
Celebrating four years of 3rd Wave
According to the absolute first Google search return, fruit and flowers are the appropriate gift for the fourth anniversary. I’m sure they were referring to wedding anniversaries, but the idea, the internet said, behind fruit and flowers is in the hope and support of fertility and renewal. That was enough to register it as a […]
Will pot take a bite out of craft beer?
Last week, a Market Watch editorial took a shot at Boston Beer Co. and a PAC of Mass. distributors for working to block a bill legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts. The editorial says this is a wrongheaded move because the distributors are crooked (being recently convicted of a pay-to-play scam) and Sam Adams is already losing […]
Beer Institute and Brewers Association get closer on national tax reform
Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act Reaches 51 Senate Co-Sponsors United States Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) became the 50th and 51st Senators to officially endorse the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (S. 1562). This comprehensive and bipartisan bill enjoys wide support from the brewing industry and seeks to […]
Normalizing beer a pint at a time
Beer writer Will Gordon’s story on the death of day drinking is, I think, a near miss. I work in a resort, and write about beer for my job so I understand I’ve got a skewed view of the issue myself. But in case you didn’t follow the link, here’s a quick and fair summary of […]
Beer shipments up in August
Does less volume mean more better beer? I’d like to think so. People who are smarter than I will be pouring over the real number implications, but on the face of it brewers shipped a little less beer so far this year, with pumpkin-beer-buying August showing one of the biggest jumps of all. This is from the […]
Craft beer is becoming undeniable
Aaaaand festival season is in full swing. Lots to talk about this week including a bunch of upcoming beer festivals. Last week we had a big beer garden event at the Rommel Harley-Davidson in Seaford. It went really well for the most part, but the people who were against not having a “domestic” choice were […]
Understanding anti-craft beer rage
Rommel Harley Davidson made a bold move when they decided to have a Local Beer Only beer garden at this year’s Delmarva Bike Week festivities in Seaford. It was consistent with the company’s overall attitude of emphasizing buying American and, for the most part, was received that way. The bikers who came to the beer tent mostly were excited about […]
6 reasons you need to have a beer in Seaford this weekend
Setting aside that this event benefits the Seaford Chamber of Commerce as well as supporting one of the premier shoulder season events in the region, you should come have a tour of the best beers on Delmarva this weekend. If you don’t trust me I’ve compiled a list. This is the internet. I know you […]
What if Budweiser owned all the breweries and nobody cared?
Breweries are purchased by global beer companies like ABInBev (Bud for short) all the time. They’re also acquired by investment firms and even other the large breweries that increasingly are becoming larger players in the beer market. There often is a disproportionate amount of anger and concern someone sells out to Bud instead of a non-Bud company. And […]
