Ending the year with beer: Holiday events on the Shore
The holidays are a time of hibernation for many of us on the Eastern Shore, a much-needed respite after a long summer of beachgoing and a fall full of back-to-school/back-to-the-daily-grind happenings. By the time December approaches, it feels like it’s finally the right time to just sit back and unwind with family, preferably around a […]
Beer Tourism: Traveling the world in search of the best beer
This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. American brewers excel at re-interpreting traditional styles and creating new ones, or so says the Guinness Brewery Baltimore website. Beer is crossing the great pond in both directions, and so are people in search of excellent beer. This week on […]
Cape Charles Brewing and the Renaissance of Virginia’s Eastern Shore
Tables, an expansive bar, and wooden wall adornments, all handmade, recycled, and made of wood from the Shore of Virginia. Tap handles depicting the Cape Charles lighthouse. Aerial photography of some of the Virginia Shore’s most picturesque locations (taken at golden hour by local photographer Gordon Campbell, no less). Mainstay beers named after Virginia’s barrier […]
Beer Notes: Gluten-free (and still great-tasting) craft beer
This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Gluten-free foods are popular these days, and gluten-free beer is no exception. Today on Beer Notes, we’re exploring gluten-free craft beer. As background, gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, and rye. In the U.S., about 7% of […]
Beer under the gray October sky: Photos from OCtoberfest 2018
We were a little nervous looking at the forecast the week leading up to OCtoberfest, but when everyone on the Eastern Shore began canceling their Halloween events scheduled for the 27th, we just held our breath and crossed our fingers. It wasn’t a beautiful day, but it didn’t rain and we didn’t totally freeze. And […]
Beer Notes: The colonial conception of the pumpkin beer
This script is from the first season of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Quoting Draftmag.com, “There is no family of beers as broadly despised yet also as incredibly popular as the pumpkin beer.” This week on Beer Notes, we’re exploring the history of pumpkin beer. Today, there are almost unlimited varieties of pumpkin […]
Beer Notes e1: A brief history of Oktoberfest and the Märzenbier
This script is from our first episode of Beer Notes, which you can listen to at beernotes.org. Oktoberfest started with the pounding of hooves. This week on Beer Notes, we’re bringing you the history of Oktoberfest and the popular Oktoberfest beers. In 1810, Crown Prince Ludwig of Bavaria married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen. The public […]
Beer Institute disappointed about President Trump’s announcement to maintain tariffs on aluminum imports as part of U.S.-Canada-Mexico Trade Deal
ICYMI, President Trump, long unhappy with NAFTA, is in the process renegotiating the 24-year-old free trade agreement with leaders from Canada and Mexico. If adopted, the agreement will be renamed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or U.S.M.C.A. and will attempt to bring more automobile production to the U.S. and reduce barriers for American farmers selling dairy […]
New radio show “Beer Notes” to promote Delmarva’s World Class Beer across the country
A new, locally-produced radio show is slated to hit Delmarva’s airwaves this October. “Beer Notes” is a weekly, two-minute program that will air every Thursday evening at 5:44 p.m. during “All Things Considered” on Delmarva Public Radio. Beer Notes focuses on craft beer, the cultural phenomenon that continues to grow on the Eastern Shore and in communities all over the United […]
Howlin’ Good Time: The Dogs of Shore Craft Beer’s OCtoberfest
Not only is OCtoberfest the biggest annual craft beer festival in Ocean City, but it’s also the one that’s most kid- and pet-friendly. In our preparations for the 2018 OCtoberfest on Oct. 27, we stumbled across a photo album from last year’s event — and what stands out the most, aside from the day’s beautiful […]
New Brews: Now-Open and Upcoming Breweries on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
Those who have been trying to keep an eye on the craft beer scene of Maryland’s Eastern Shore lately can hardly blink without missing something new. More and more craft breweries and taprooms are popping up along the Shore, particularly in Maryland. Three breweries have recently opened or are opening soon in Queen Anne’s County […]
We Braved the Storm!: Photos from Brews on the Beach ’18
One decade of Brews on the Beach is in the books, following this year’s annual West Ocean City beer fest that ALMOST got rained out but then, thankfully, didn’t. Below are some of our favorite photos from this year’s Brews on the Beach. If you missed it, or if you made it out and just […]
