I recently had the pleasure of tagging along for a brew day at Waganupa Brewing in Chester, California. Founder/Owner/Brewmaster Alex had an interesting brew planned, with a three barrel batch being split into seven different beers: his NorCal Common, a Strawberry Common, and five versions of an experimental kettle sour using yogurt. All three barrels…
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Sierra Nevada hosted an American Homebrewers Association Rally last Sunday. Besides GABF this was the first AHA event I’ve attended. Sierra Nevada provided the location, beer, and brewery tours. Matt Bolling from AHA handled the rest. The rally was attended by 150+ members from all over California. It included a live “Coast to Coast Toast” with attendees…
Day 3 of GABF I attended the earlier AHA Members session before heading over to First Draft for the Tavour VIP party. I did not have a bad beer this day! The highlights of the GABF tasting was J. Wakefield’s Miami Madness Berliner Weisse. It absolutely bursted with tropical fruit flavor in a way I…
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…
For the tenth time I was a volunteer at the annual Bidwell Rancho Soroptimist Chico Brewfest this Saturday. I had a great time pouring beer and chatting with people at this fun event. There tend to be two types of beer festivals: those run by breweries or beer geeks that focus on unique breweries and beers,…
The craft beer boom began with Sierra Nevada almost 35 years ago in Chico, California. That’s largely been the extent of the brewery scene in our city ever since. By comparison Bend Oregon has 17 breweries, with a smaller population than Chico. Portland has a much larger population than Bend, but they also have about…
I first experienced Fall Brewing Company’s beer at Barrel Republic, a self-serve beer bar in San Diego, during a Valentine’s Day chocolate and beer pairing. The beer that I had there was the 2 a.m. bike ride, a sessionable coffee stout, which ended up making for the best pairing out of over a dozen beers…
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