Beer Notes: How Your Craft Beer Ends Up on the Shelf
Ever wonder how the craft beer for sale in your local beer store is chosen? This week on Beer Notes, we are exploring how retailers choose their craft beer and some of the answers surprised even us. Breweries hire sales people to represent their craft beer and try to get it on tap and on […]
Beer Notes: Does Your Beer Define You
Does the beer you drink define you? This week on Beer Notes, we are exploring a concept called DUCP or the desire for unique consumer products. The DUCP is a concept that explores how consumers feel they define themselves by the products they purchase or consume. “As with almost everything in this society of conspicuous […]
Beer Notes: Dessert Beers – What A Treat!
For many, dessert and beer should never be used in the same sentence. This week on Beer Notes, we are discussing why craft brewers are defying this idea. Dessert is the sweet course eaten at the end of a meal and a nightcap, originally meaning a cap worn to bed to keep one warm, […]
Beer Notes: Fall Festivals to Frame Your Beercation
September is the month when beer festivals really come into their own. This week on Beer Notes we are talking about regional craft beer festivals. Oktoberfest in Munich actually starts in September as do many Octoberfest festivals here in the United States. The beer centric festivities don’t slow down as we slide into the namesake […]
OCtoberfest—🎼 Beer & A Boat Trip = $10 BUCKS
Big Oyster on the OCtoberfest, Saturday, October 26, features local craft beer and mead from all over the Eastern Shore. With over fifteen breweries ready to pour your unlimited sampling, and hotels offering great packages to accommodate your needs; all that is left is you and your crew! Tickets for VIP, General Admission, Designated Driver, […]
Beer Notes: IPAs in 2019
If the acronym IPA means something to you; if your mouth begins to water and you are thinking it’s five o’clock somewhere, you are not alone. This week on Beer notes, we are looking at the most popular styles of craft beer based on the first half of 2019 data. As reported by the […]
Malt and Local Malting Facilities
Malt is the unsung hero of brewing according to Aaron Goss of the Carolina Malt House who is trying to change the landscape of malt production and use in Mid-Atlantic breweries’ beer. This week on Beer Notes, we are exploring malt and local malting facilities. According to Goss, “malt is really the heart of the […]
Last Weekend of Summer: FUN is still 100
Let’s go out with a BANG! The last weekend of September and Summer is upon us. The Shore Craft Beer Community knows how to say goodbye to Summer and welcome Fall! The breweries and restaurants on the shore have new flavors, events, and celebrations ready for you and your friends! Some events are happening tonight; […]
Rosé Beer
Summer is most definitely here, and for the past few years the drink of the season for wine-lovers is rosé. Sipping the delicate pink wine conjures images of warm summer afternoons, outdoor lunches in sidewalk bistros, and beach-side bonfires. This week on Beer Notes, we are going to show you that craft beer lovers can […]
Craft Beer in Germany
Here in the United States, we care more about who owns the brewery and controls the brewing process than we do about what ingredients are in the beer. Americans relish in the creativity of the brewer and we are willing to try beers brewed with innovative ingredients like peaches, live crabs or, where legal, even […]
TREAT Definitely not TRICK!: Great Craft Beer Flavors for Fall
As a kid, I mapped out the best & worst places for Trick-or-Treating each year. The worst homes were those that gave out pennies, apples, & toothbrushes – really?! The best stops had lots of categories though. I remember making mental notes for who had full size candy bars, who let you reach in the […]
Beer Notes: Life in a brewery town
To listen to the audio for this Beer Notes, please click here. Anyone who has grown up on Delmarva, the Eastern Shore of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia, has seen firsthand how a brewery can change a place. Most Americans have seen this too since 80% of Americans over the age of 21 live within 10 […]
