Shore Craft Beer Gift Guide
Time isn’t quite out for holiday shopping, but it’s kinda almost out. I wasn’t going to do a holiday craft beer gift guide but then I was shopping and noticed an appalling number of lame beer-related gifts in the stores (as well as online) and figured I’d better pipe up. I’m fortunate enough to be able […]
Good riddance Prohibition, hello craft beer culture
By creating the concept of the “Wedge Issue” Prohibition did irreparable damage to the United States political system and should be reviled for that alone. It also created the Income Tax (kind of), funded organized crime and demonized beer as a regular part of American life. This week we celebrated the 73rd year of its […]
Making it about the craft
For me, drinking craft beer is more about the craft than about the beer, but every now and again I’m reminded that beer is alcoholic and that people drink it with the aim of getting drunk. That’s not to say that I don’t occasionally end up drunk, or at least a little buzzed, only to […]
Let’s talk about #Craftbeer
Over the last few weeks, a bunch of stuff has happened in the craft beer world, as well as within the homebrewing world. Teach Someone to Brew day went off pretty well at Xtreme Brewing this week, a couple of couples were in learning the ins and outs of brewing. More people drifted in as […]
Because sometimes eye of the ‘beerholder’ is an appropriate phrase
The only thing that I like less than bad cliches is when they’re turned into bad puns. This week, however, we’re going to roll that disposition back and accept that the people who are touching the beer know mostly what they’re doing. Why you should homebrew You really ought to come to a class. There’s […]
Fun with beers and tastes
We’re homebrew heavy this week, mostly because I found a cool cache of homebrew articles. Also, we want to remind you that we’ll be sampling homebrew beers at this weekend’s Shore Craft Beer Fest. The exciting thing about that, if you’re into exclusivity, is that they will be the only beers you literally can’t buy […]
Five Things – A Conversation with Chef Brenton Wallace
In this column, we explore a few existential questions with Chef Brenton Wallace, owner of Crust and Craft in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Q. What was the beer that started you drinking craft beer? A: Bells Two Hearted back in 2005. Monks in Philadelphia had it on draft and I was there and wanted something different. […]
Worcester County embraces craft beer culture
For the second year in a row, Ocean City, Berlin and Worcester County governments all have named October Shore Craft Beer month. It isn’t just exciting to those of us who love craft beer. What is important about the continuing civic support of local beer is that it is a signal that local leadership is […]
Hanging out, making beer
Oktoberfest is over in Munich, but here in the more literal-minded U.S. we’re going to keep celebrating Octoberfest for the rest of the month. There are beer festivals pretty much every weekend from here on out including (probably) the Good Beer Festival this weekend, the Snow Hill Octoberfest next weekend and, of course the Shore Craft […]
Proclamations are just the start at Shore Craft Beer Month kicks off
This week Berlin announced that October once again would be recognized as Shore Craft Beer month, just in time for the inaugural Berlin Crab Feast, featuring local beers (I personally am looking forward to trying out the Blue Crab Stout brewed with crabs). Next week, Ocean City and Worcester County are going to follow suit, […]
Celebrating four years of 3rd Wave
According to the absolute first Google search return, fruit and flowers are the appropriate gift for the fourth anniversary. I’m sure they were referring to wedding anniversaries, but the idea, the internet said, behind fruit and flowers is in the hope and support of fertility and renewal. That was enough to register it as a […]
Will pot take a bite out of craft beer?
Last week, a Market Watch editorial took a shot at Boston Beer Co. and a PAC of Mass. distributors for working to block a bill legalizing recreational marijuana in Massachusetts. The editorial says this is a wrongheaded move because the distributors are crooked (being recently convicted of a pay-to-play scam) and Sam Adams is already losing […]