Breweries Sharing Home Brew Clone Recipes

Most breweries talk about the brewing industry being a collaborative environment and say they support the home brewing community. Some breweries take that a step further and actually publish home brew clone recipes for their commercial beers. All commercial brewers started off as home brewers, so it’s really nice when they give back to the…

Best of Chico: Beer Edition

When it comes to beer Chico, California is known for Sierra Nevada. We love Sierra Nevada but the people who live in Chico know there’s more going on around here. Chico is increasingly becoming a rich craft beer environment. The CN&R does their annual Best of Chico contest, but they don’t really have any beer…

Follow Friday: Beer Blogs

Brooklyn Brew Shop’s The Mash I particularly like their 2 O’Clock Tastings where they have a brief profile of a brewery and a few of their beers. It’s nice to get a feel for a brewery and their lineup with a concise and easy to read post. The New School The New School Beer aims…

In Short, Luck’s Always to Blame

The most interesting part of my Who Got Lucky in 2014 article was the wild swing in luck a few players experienced from 2013 to 2014. Clay Buchholz moved from the luckiest list in 2013 to the unluckiest list in 2014, and Edinson Volquez moved from unluckiest to luckiest. This got me wondering who had the…

Beer Label of the Month: North Coast’s Scrimshaw

This month’s beer label has been around even longer than last month’s Sierra Nevada Hoptimum label. Quite a bit longer actually. North Coast Brewing has been making Scrimshaw since they got started in 1988. From Wikipedia: Scrimshaw is the name given to scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to…

Who Got Lucky in 2014?

After the 2013 season I used BAPIP and FIP to find batters and pitchers who were the luckiest and unluckiest players of the season. See that article for an explanation of these stats, and how they relate to luck. Before taking the same look at the 2014 season, let’s see how our 2013 lucky and…