BL’s Barhop: Hopper’s Taphouse
So among all craft beer spots on the Eastern Shore, Hopper’s Taphouse is, well, very important. Pictured above is a Noir et Bleu by Delaware brewery Big Oyster. This particular beer is 1 of 42 that is on tap at any given time at Hopper’s Taphouse. Taphouses are not particularly out of the ordinary, wherever […]
Swell Fellas and Craft Beer at Ocean City’s Last Sunset Park Party Night
It’s the end of summer and you’re ready to kick-back, drink a local craft beer and relax into your seat listening to live music by a local band. Does this sound like your vision of a perfect Thursday evening in Ocean City, Maryland? It’s our version of perfect as well and it’s totally possible this […]
Shore Craft Beer Video Promotes Craft Beer “Beercation” Tourism to Eastern Shore
(Berlin, Md, 8-27-18): In an effort to promote the Eastern Shore as a Top 10 Craft Beer Destination in the U.S. and bring in business to the Shore’s craft breweries, bars, restaurants and hotels, Shore Craft Beer has released a promotional video titled “The Eastern Shore: A Top 10 Beercation Destination.” It’s no secret that […]
Art X Beers
Lot 3 – Evo 6.8% ABV 65 IBU This American style IPA is aggressively hopped at a rate of over 2 lbs. per barrel. Big notes of citrus and pine complement a reserved but firm malt backbone. Day Crush – Evo 4.7% ABV Evo’s new Day Crush Session Sour. Day Crush is a refreshing kettle […]
Art of the Craft: 3rd Wave’s Lori Clough
With all of the arts-oriented festivals and events coming up here on the Shore, from Art X to the National Folk Festival to the 10th annual Brews on the Beach, we decided to take the time to celebrate another lesser-known but exceedingly valuable form of art: the art of craft. Beer, that is. Here, in […]
Art X Festival to Feature Shore Craft Beer Garden
Having outgrown the 17-year-old annual “Arts Alive” festival, this weekend (Aug. 25-26) the Town of Ocean City in conjunction with the Art League of Ocean City is premiering Art X, a larger affair that’s inclusive of all kinds of art. The two-day festival will feature artists displaying and selling their work around Northside Park, plus […]
New games, new food and new brews hit the Hopper’s Pavilion
Hopper’s Tap House, one of the largest and most craft beer-centric bars on Delmarva, is looking just a little bit different these days than it did when it opened just over two years ago. Not because a tornado touched down its backyard last year, although that disaster might have been the catalyst one of the […]
Beer Watch: Saving a historic home, with the help of beer
How it’s already almost August, I don’t know. I don’t even know how we’re already eight months into 2018, or whether time is linear or circular, or what the meaning of it all is. But I do know it’s the start of a new month, which means it’s time for Beer Watch. Here’s what’s going […]
Brick Works to Bring Award-Winning Beer to Southern Delaware
Brick Works Brewing and Eats was only just founded in 2016, but in the two years it’s been open, the brewpub has made a name for itself for its locally sourced, made-on-site food and beer. Already the brewpub has plans for expansion. A second location is set to open in the fall, in a new […]
Late Nite Liquors: Good Beer Here, Day or Nite
Picture this: It’s 1:30 in the morning in Ocean City. You spent all day soaking up sun on the beach, lost track of time and started your vacation bar-hopping ritual a little late; you only had time to down a single pale ale at the bar before you realized last call would be coming up much sooner […]
Beer Trailing from Maryland to Montana
MD –> MT I just came back from a week-long trip to Montana. Last Tuesday afternoon my fiance BL and I touched down in Bozeman, a college city in the Southern part of the state, where we would spend four nights in a hotel before driving three hours west to Missoula to camp out in […]
Beer Watch: Local Brews Round-Up for July
Here are some good places to enjoy a beer this summer: At a barbecue. Beside the pool. On the beach (in a cozy or opaque generic container depending on where you’re beaching). On a balcony, at a ballgame and, most importantly, at your local brewery. Luckily on Delmarva there’s no shortage of local craft breweries […]
