Today Maryland, tomorrow… Microbrew Monday
Lots of big happenings on the Shore this week and into the future. Shore Craft Beer continues to have success in all corners of the state as well as throughout the region. Here are some of the highlights. Comptrollers cup Lot 6 always has been among Evolution Craft Brewery’s more popular beers. It is objectively […]
Hard cider, harder merger: BWS episode 78
Is Hard Cider the next big thing? Watch out craft beer. Hard cider sales are booming. https://t.co/j0JveroXyO (s/o @SociableCider) pic.twitter.com/0SKRYknU0P — Star Tribune A&E (@entertain_mn) November 11, 2015 Countries with the most craft beer infographic The Countries With The Most Craft Breweries
Are you Stout enough to survive the winter? BWS 77
Of course you are. This week, Doug and Tony will talk Stouts and Porters as well as the looming Beer Conglomerate which is only a challenge to big market fighting. Also, we’ll dig a bit on Sam and Dogfish Head for making ignoring everyone else something of an art in his new video series. First […]
Crafty beers and craftier brewers BWS 76
Crafty beers are a problem for people who drink craft beer on principle but are still getting accustomed to all the ins and outs of the industry. In this episode, we’ll discuss different ways to get a handle on which beers are which, how regional brewers might deal with the big beer merger, and the pointlessness […]
Why homebrewers brew BWS Episode 75
Shore Craft Beer Fest As we gear up for this weekend’s Shore Craft Beer Fest, we’re looking forward to announcing the winner of the naming competition as well as to start thinking of Delmarva as a craft beer destination. It’s something other regions are starting to distinguish themselves in, but we do things a little […]
Good Beer Festival: A macro look at micro brews
Happy birthday from the Good Beer Festival The Good Beer Festival falls without error on my birthday weekend, and I never get tired of flattering myself that it is no accident. They serve “As much beer as you can drink responsibly” which, I think, inhibits rather than encourages excessive drinking (although, in the interest of full […]
Tall Tales bottles up the goodness
Chesapeake Brewing expands
We’ve had lots of great news from Chesapeake Brewing Company over the last few weeks. The Crisfield-based brewery will be expanding up and out and taking their colleagues with them, after a fashion. Carolyn Marquis, who runs the brewery with her husband (and head brewer David) confirmed recently that the pair had secured the lease for […]
Beer with Strangers podcast Episode 74
What follows are the show note for the weekly Beer with Strangers podcast. Feel free to follow along on Storify at SOTB. We try and get the show notes posted Wednesday for our Friday show. [View the story “Episode 74” on Storify]
Generosity among brewers
Jason Weissberg of Assawoman Bay Brewing Company always has been a gracious host, so it was no surprise that we had such a great time at the OCtoberfest brew day. In case you missed it, the local brewers teamed up with Doug and Shawn from Xtreme Brewing in Laurel, Del. to produce two homebrew-style beers for […]
Selling craft beer well
It took a little doing, but on Oct. 24 Ocean City will put on its first beer festival featuring exclusively local beers. To celebrate the fact, several of the local brewers got together and made up a couple batches of homebrew both to celebrate their roots and to get something together in time for the event. […]
Great things are brewing
Generally I hate beer puns and “Good things are brewing” is among my least favorite, but there is so much going on I couldn’t resist. In fact, rather than one comprehensive post, I thought a bunch of brief updates would be more appropriate. This will be and has been a busy week in Shore Craft Beer soso stay tuned […]