Beer Notes: Summer Beers

The days are longer, the beaches are open again, and summer approaches.  This week on Beer Notes, we are highlighting the summer beers produced here on the Shore. Craft beers full of flavor and lighter in color are popular as warm weather approaches.  Sours and fruited beers including the milkshake IPAs come into their own.  […]

Beer Notes: Covid Update

“Breweries Slightly More Optimistic, But Challenges Remain”* So begins Bart Watson’s new survey summary on the Brewers Association website.  This week on Beer Notes, we are reporting on more positive business projections from breweries as states start to reopen. The Brewers Association reported that 53% of breweries believed they would be out of business at […]

Beer Notes: Pretzels

Pretzels and a good craft beer. What an image this statement invokes.   This week on Beer Notes, we are exploring the origin of pretzels and why they go so well with our favorite local brews. The origin of pretzels are steeped in fable. * Some attribute** the invention of the pretzel to the Catholics who […]

Beer Notes: Great American Beer Festival

For all craft beer lovers out there, there is good news and bad news.  First the bad news:  The Great American Beer Festival will not take place this year “in the form that beer fans know and love.”*  This week on Beer Notes, we will be discussing the good news. Innovation has been the hallmark […]

Think the Shore Drink the Shore – June 2: Burley Oak

Think the Shore Drink the Shore: Burley Oak This week’s host: Burley Oak Brewing Co. – June 2 at 5pm Burley Oak Brewing Company utilizes sustainable practices with local materials and craftsmen. The Berlin, Maryland brewery hopes you join them in their taproom for their virtual happy hour. They will discuss the craft beer they […]

American Brewers Guild in Vermont

Want to Open Your Own Craft Brewery American Brewers Guild has Distance Learning Do you want to learn how to make craft beer as good as the beer down here on the shore? Eric Camper of Tall Tales Brewery in Parsonsburg, MD attended American Brewers Guild in Vermont to learn how to brew craft beer. […]

SBC on TV

Shore Craft Beer CEO was on 47ABC Shore Craft Beer Made the News for Virtual Happy Hour On Tuesday, May 26th Shore Craft Beer premiered their virtual happy show, Think the Shore Drink the Shore. The show is live and broadcast on their social media platforms. Interests from followers and participants has been high and […]

Beer Notes: Craft Beer Exports

Small and independent American craft brewers are recognized as leaders in innovation and quality in what has become a global craft beer revolution.  So begins an article on the Brewers Association website.* This week on Beer Notes, we will discuss the US exportation of craft beer. The Brewers Association has an Export Development Program funded by […]

PRESS RELEASE: Weekly Happy Hour with Local Craft Breweries Announced

Weekly Happy Hour with Local Craft Breweries Announced: Think the Shore Drink the Shore Shore Craft Beer App Helps “Think the Shore, Drink the Shore” with prizes and remote check-ins Berlin, MD — May 26, 2020 — “When circumstances keep us out of our local breweries, we need to get more creative in how we […]

Beer Notes: Oktoberfest Cancelled

April 21, 2020 was a sad day for Lord Mayor of Munich, Dieter Reiter.  It was the day he had to announce the cancellation of the largest folk festival in the world, Oktoberfest.   This week on Beer Notes, we are discussing how the Covid 19 pandemic has changed the landscape of 2020 and perhaps […]

Beer Notes: Beer Cocktails

What do you think when you hear, “Beer Cocktail?”  Craft beer purists may think that bartenders have too much time on their hands.  This week on Beer Notes, we may inform your opinion and  spark your imagination. Cocktail, as we use the word today is purely American in origin.  According to the Oxford English Dictionary, […]

Car-E-Safari and Meals To Go

car safari

Car-E-Safari at Crooked Hammock Brewery Crooked Hammock has been thinking about out of the box and creating ways to engage with their customers of all ages. They had a drive-through Safari last week at two of their locations with the experts from Barn Hill! Animals that safari goers got to learn more about: Sloth Kangaroo […]