I submitted the following photos to the A Good Beer Blog photo contest: They’re certainly not masterpieces, and all but the last one were taken with my iPhone, but we’ll see how they do. I resisted submitting this amazing piece of art:

I really like the serigraphed simplicity of all of Tröegs‘ labels. They remind me of local Chico artists Jake Early. Tröegs, located across the country in Hershey Pennsylvania, was started by brothers Chris and John Trogner in 1997. Nugget Nectar is an Imperial Amber, which isn’t a BJCP style but sounds delicious. Nugget Nectar is…

I recently “earned” the Legendary badge on Untappd for checking in to my 500th unique beer. I’m now up to 771 check-ins with 544 unique beers. I thought it would be interesting to see how many of those 544 beers I gave the full five star rating. There were only twelve. Two of those were…

Sierra Nevada Brewing founder Ken Grossman recently released a book detailing the humble beginnings and rise of what is today one of the largest breweries in the country. Having grown up in Chico California, and being the same age as the brewery, Sierra Nevada has always been a part of my environment. I recently finished…

Today is International Stout Day and to celebrate I’m sipping on one of the original american imperial stouts that helped kick of the craft beer revolution, North Coast‘s Russain Imperial Stout. Twenty-five years later it is still one of the best. Have a happy Stout Day!

We’ve made a couple recent trips to the Sacramento area and visited 6 breweries. Here’s a rundown on what to expect at each one. Sudwerk (Folsom & Davis) Sudwerk is somewhat unique among California breweries in that they mostly stick to traditional German styles. You probably won’t find a triple IPA or a sour here. Both…

Well, alrighty then. Oh…OK, hmmmm. So, yeah this week we’re going with Half Acre’s Big Hugs Imperial Stout. The art work is by @Phineas A.K.A. Phineas X. Jones. It would seem he is a rather strange fellow. Half Acre is a small brewery in Chicago. Phineas has done a number of labels for Half Acre…

Jester King has a whole lineup of great beer labels from artist Josh Cockrell. Jester King is a small brewery in Texas that makes some unique farmhouse brews. They’re small enough that they don’t distribute much outside of Texas. I’ve never had their beer but I heard about them on an episode of The Brewing…

3 Floyds is a small brewery in Indiana that has a dark supernatural fantasy theme to its beer labels. One of their most popular brews, and my favorite of their awesome labels, is Zombie Dust. I managed to try Zombie Dust on a recent trip to Indiana and it is very tasty, with huge hops…