Important GABF Lesson: It’s more fun when you’re not hungover. I kind of wandered GABF like a zombie on Thursday after having fun Wednesday night. I was feeling much better Friday. I explored Denver a bit, checking out some of the great architecture and public art. There is an impressive mix of historical buildings, public art, and…
Wow, the Great American Beer Festival is massive and overwhelming. Soooo many breweries. I didn’t exactly take time for writing tasting notes but here’s what I tried with what little I remember: Russian River HopTime Harvest Ale Yep Modern Times Monsters’ Park (Tequila Barrel Aged w/ Lime, Vanilla, and Sea Salt) Suprisingly Awesome Wiseacre Tiny…
Yesterday I drove to Sacramento then flew to Denver, Colorado to attend the Great American Beer Festival. I’m attending the Thursday, Friday, and the earlier Saturday session. Saturday evening I’m heading to Tavour‘s Bottle Fest VIP at First Draft Saturday night. After arriving in Denver and taking the train/bus to my hotel I noticed CO-Brew…
Last year I experimented with three small batches of Backyard Harvest Pale Ale: one with peaches, one with apricots and one with jalapeños. The apricot batch turned out the best, so this year I’m doing a 5 gallon batch of Apricot Pale Ale. We grew the apricots and all the hops for this batch. The recipe is…
My hometown of Chico, California is a weird place when it comes to beer. Chico is world famous for being home to craft beer pioneers Sierra Nevada, but for years that’s all it had going for it when it came to beer. There weren’t really any other breweries in town (we’re still struggling on this…
Beer Selfie is teaming up with Craftin California to give away two awesome shirts! Just mention two friends on the photo above for your chance to win. @beerselfie has teamed up with @craftin_ca to give away two of their awesome shirts! To enter this giveaway: 1. Follow @beerselfie and @craftin_ca 2. Tag at least 2…
The Beer Selfie Beer Cap Map Giveaway got me thinking about what the ultimate beer cap map would be. What would be the finest collection of beer caps from across the contiguous US? I turned to Beer Graphs and their BAR rating for some help. Beers Above Replacement (BAR) Beers Above Replacement is BeerGraphs’ proprietary…
Beer Selfie is teaming up with Beer Cap Maps to give away one of these fantastic wooden USA beer cap maps and a standoff wall hanger! Just mention two friends on the photo below for your chance to win. To thank our wonderful followers we’ve teamed up with @beercapmaps to give away one of their awesome…
Keep an eye on beerselfie.com and instagram.com/beerselfie starting this week. There will be the first of a few awesome beer related giveaways!
We recently went live with the BeerSelfie.com website. It will have select photos from the Beer Selfie Instagram and other beer related features and information. Check it out and let us know what you think! We also added a Beer Selfie Tumblr that will have all the photos from the Beer Selfie Instagram going forward.