Backshore Brewing awarded Volt Loan
Worcester County Economic Development (WCED) officials are thrilled to announce that two Video Lottery Terminal (VOLT) small business loans will be awarded to Backshore Brewing Company and The Daily Brew Coffee Shop on June 28, 2016. “Backshore Brewing will be expanding their product line and including a malted tea beverage,” WCED Director Merry Mears said. […]
Shore Craft Beer Fest and Riverwalk Celebration Beer List
Beer Guides There are still a few tickets left, get them here. Evolution Lot Nº 3: An American-style IPA is aggressively hopped and features notes of citrus and pine that complement a reserved but firm malt backbone. Primal Pale Ale: A golden dry, slightly hoppy pale ale that is refreshing and balanced. Notes of pine […]
9,000 reasons
After taking last week off, we had to talk about on the Beer with Strangers podcast. Doug and Shawn both were at the National Homebrewer’s Convention last weekend, Tony has a beer festival coming up this weekend and there is all sorts of good bad and odd news in the beer world this week. You […]
Blue Earl Brewing and the State of the Beer
I’ve been promoting my Delaware Beer book lightly this summer, mostly trying to find a way to get people engaged with the concept of drinking local as well as the instance of it. You might not know that Americans only started drinking beer that was imported from a massive central brewery a little more than 100 years […]
Beer is growing, but we knew that
Seriously. Why aren’t you brewing?
An offer you can’t refuse: Come to the Grainfather party
You get the sense that Mike Bouni isn’t a half-measures guy at all. He speaks slowly enough and clearly enough to be understood, but when he’s talking about beer or science he has a bit of a frenetic aura, as if he were trying to radiate his enthusiasm to the rest of the room. I […]
Women and homebrewing
Although it isn’t a done deal yet, women increasingly are taking to craft beer. This has as much to do with the evolving perception of craft beer as it does the lifestyle that is attached to it for many. Introducing them to brewing merely is the next step. <br Language is culture. I think it […]
The upsides of brewing at home
This week Tony and Shawn (and surprise accidental guest Michael Buoni) talk about the Grainfather system for brewing at home and homebrewing culture generally in the run up to the National Homebrew conference in June. They also discuss the week’e beer news which includes more consolidation concerns, brewing classes and whether an all can festival […]
Celebrating all the beer
Taking it up a notch: Argilla Brewing Co
Argilla Brewing Co. at Pietro’s Pizza celebrated their 4th anniversary in March, but its history goes back further. Steve Powell’s dad and uncle opened the first Pietro’s Pizza shop back in 1978 in Prices Corner in Wilmington with a second location opening on Churchmans Road in Newark in 1985. They finally settled in Pike Creek, where […]
Taste isn’t always subjective
In this week’s show, Doug and Tony discuss big beer woes, craft beer concerns, festivals and pairings. Dimming Australian sales for Miller during Aussie Craft Beer Bump Last week we spoke about how the craft beer boom in Australia has taken hold in a big way, and also in an American way. Another thing that […]