Archive for December, 2009

New Beers Resolutions from The Hop Press

Members of the Hop Press Gang share their Brew Year’s Resolutions. Or are they New Beers Resolutions? Check ‘em out! You might even want to adopt a few as your very own.

Beer Destination: Hood River, Oregon

Take a virtual tour of the three breweries that call Hood River, Oregon, home — and see why Charlie Papazian named this sleepy town Beertown USA.

Beer + Serendipity = Beerendipity

Join us at the pub as two legends in beer, Fred Eckhardt and Ray Daniels, shoot the proverbial you-know-what over a few pints.

Celebrating Cellar Beers

What to cellar, how to cellar it, and what happens when a beer writer has too many beers in her own cellar.

Getting Fresh

Let’s face it: Most beers are designed for immediate gratification. They are meant to be enjoyed as soon as possible; the fresher they are, the better they will taste.
One of the best examples I ever received on that loosely framed “beer rule” came one day when Portland Brewing’s founder, Fred Bowman, invited me to have [...]