Backshore’s Sofa King Sexy and Amour de la Biere brewed during this month of love
As you may or may not have noticed from our ongoing series celebrating specially made FeBREWary/Love on Tap beers, craft brews made specifically for this ~month of love~ are popular on the Shore. They’re also big hits at Shore Craft Beer Fest: Love on Tap at Seacrets, when festivalgoers get to try that one special […]
3rd Wave’s Kohana Chocolate Cherry Stout and Raspberry Vanilla Juice Box are a match made in FeBREWary heaven
If you’re looking for something to keep you warm this Valentine’s Day, look no further than 3rd Wave Brewing’s Kohana Chocolate Cherry Stout and the Raspberry Vanilla sour of their Juice Box series. They’re very different beers, but either one would make the perfect partner for a FeBREWary happy hour, and both will be available […]
What do Candy Kitchen, Wildberry, and 30 Days in the Hole all have in common?
They’re all Tall Tales beers, first of all, and they’ll all be available at Shore Craft Beer Fest: Love on Tap at Seacrets on FeBREWary 23rd. Candy Kitchen was brewed in collaboration with Ocean City’s iconic candy shop, and is possibly the sweetest beer you’ll find on tap at the annual beer festival. It’s a […]
Beer Notes: Corn Syrup?… In MY Craft Beer?
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Many of us watched SuperBowl LIII and saw the Bud Light commercial knocking Miller Light and Coors Light for their use of corn syrup. This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring the role of sugars in your beer. Beer […]
Drink craft beer this month, win a vacation in Ocean City
We say it all the time, but FeBREWary really IS our favorite time of year for beer on the Eastern Shore. It’s Craft Beer Lovers Month in Maryland, and even though you’re more than allowed to love beer March through January too, we really go all out celebrating good, local beer this month. FeBREWary About […]
Beer Notes: Camp Fire’s “Butte County Proud Resilience IPA
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Beginning in December of 2018, over 1,400 craft breweries across the United States were all brewing the same beer — more than 17,000 barrels, or 4.2 million pints of it. This week on Beer Notes, we’re talking about brewing […]
Crooked Hammock’s “Gentle Giant” Japanese lager to enter Extreme Beer Festival
Lewes, DE — When roughly 120 breweries across the country were invited to create sessional, extreme beers “via unexpected or innovative ingredients, techniques and methods,” Crooked Hammock Brewery rose to the challenge. One of three Delaware breweries invited by BeerAdvocate and Dogfish Head Brewery to create something that “challenges the norm” for beer lovers and […]
Beer Notes: Craft Breweries and the Government Shutdown
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. If you are waiting for a new beer release or want that new brewery down the street to open, you may have to wait for months. This week on Beer Notes, we’re discussing the effect of a U.S. government […]
Five Fun Facts About Shore Breweries (and how you can prepare for FeBREWary Trivia Night at Hopper’s)
Maryland’s official month-long month dedicated to celebrating all things craft beer, FeBREWary, launches on the Shore on Feb. 1 with a special Trivia Night at Hopper’s Tap House in Salisbury (find details down below). In honor of FeBREWary, local beer, and brewery-related trivia, here are a few fun facts about some of your favorite Shore […]
Beer Notes: Sustainable Craft Beer
This script is from the second season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Environmentally-friendly craft breweries are changing the landscape of beer, from the ingredients to the packaging to the brewing process itself. One brewery is even using rejected Kellogg’s cornflakes in its mash. This week on Beer Notes, we’re discussing sustainable […]
Baltimore’s RavenBeer added to the Love on Tap festival lineup
For the first time ever, RavenBeer is coming to a Shore Craft Beer Festival. On Feb. 23, the Baltimore-based brewery will be bringing with them an oyster stout and one of the world’s few dark Kölsch beers to Shore Craft Beer Fest: Love on Tap at Seacrets, making them the first brewery located west of […]
Exploring new breweries on the Western Eastern Shore
What’s the first thing you do when you move somewhere new? If you’re like me and your priorities are totally in line, you already know which breweries are within the 50-mile radius of your new home, and your first mission is to decide at which places you’ll make yourself a regular. In September I wrote […]
