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The shortest month of the year is upon us.
Here is what is planned this month for all of you readers/drinkers.
~ e-visits to four breweries of New Zealand
~ video reviews of two beers from my local, Eagle Rock Brewing (I mean it this time!)
~ Three suggested beers to buy this month
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ my 2011 Beer challenge will be expanded
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
Last year in a post on FoodGPS, I proposed the creation of a Brewed in California growler. This year I have challenged my shy self to raising awareness of what I consider an opportunity for the State of California to promote tourism and the craft beer industry. (And maybe help close a small part of the budget gap in the process)
As with last years challenge, this won’t be easy and may not be finished in one year. It is government after all. Putting things off is their specialty. But that’s why it’s challenging.
Two items to start:
1. I want to show you the actual wording of the California law so that alternate legislation can be crafted.
2. Get an online petition going (thanks internet) so that I can contact legislators with some muscle behind me.
Both items will pop up in February so keep your eyes peeled!
I inherited a vast array of coasters from my dad last year and I thought I should share some of the old and new and artistic ones. So here goes…
More coaster posts to come later.
A New Year to celebrate all the craft beer goodness that is available! And since the holidays mean curling up at home (be it adopted or hometown), I decided to start off 2011 where I currently call home, Southern California.
Here is what is planned this month for all of you readers/drinkers.
~ e-visits to four breweries of California
~ video reviews of three beers from my local, Eagle Rock Brewing
~ suggested beers of the Golden State to buy this month (maybe all brown ales in honor of our new governor)
~ I will tap the Firkin and give my opinion on the craft beer world
~ my 2011 Beer challenge will be unveiled
~ plus many more posts about new beers, beer products and breweries
And if you haven’t noticed, some minor site changes have taken place…..
~ The 50 Beers / 50 States Challenge has it’s own dedicated page
~ There is a page dedicated to the great Eagle Rock Brewery
~ My best of lists and monthly suggestions have been combined into one page
~ The beer links listing has been both added to and subtracted from so as not to overload (even though there are some really great sites missing)
We have reached the last month of the year. I hope all of you readers/drinkers had a great craft beer year!
Here is what I have planned for you this month:
~the final installment of the 50 Beers – 50 States challenge
~3 beers to try this month
~a crap ton of Holiday Seasonal ales to sample
~quick tours of 4 breweries from around the country
~the firkin will be opened and my opinions will flow
~video reviews of the Holiday seasonals
and MUCH MORE!
Here is the final quick impression posts from the 1st Beer Bloggers conference.
I had to pace myself on Saturday night but I still tasted a few new beers from places here-to-fore never sampled. Upslope, Odell’s and Boulder Beer. Then I had to get up and listen to Eric from BeerTap TV. The very cool Kerry Finsand from Taplister and eminence gris, Jay Brooks. “Had to” seems harsh, like an assignment. I don’t mean it that way. I had to so I could learn from the folks that have a knowledge set that I do not possess yet. They were great. I picked up new bits from all three.
That’s all for now. Complete wrap up to land in the next few days along with photos and beers drunk list (that will blow you away, that is a promise)!
Here is the Day 2 report. Starting with two great presentations on blogs and tech and two that did not have info for me. But that may be due to me being un-tech-geek and obstinate. I will talk in more detail later about what I learned and what may appear on this very blog in the coming months later since this is more of an itinerary post
Then on to Avery where me and my band of cohorts from Olympia, Santa Barbara and Portland were really treated well because of that Beer Blogger badge. Avery is housed in a little industrial park. Great little tap room. Got Ruminator, Rumpkin and Moloch among other gratis samples! Highly recommended.
Speed beers were next. In two words: exhausting but great. 12 beers. 5 minutes each. I dare you to fully enjoy Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald porter (which is awesome, as were the people from the brewery) then turn around and have World Wide Stout from Dogfish Head. I ended up stockpiling tasters and slowly catching up.
The massive bottle share and Oskar Blues dinner will be covered in later posts along with the Boulder Beer dinner and Pearl Street Pub crawl.
It is Beer Bloggers Conference Month. OK, it is only an extended weekend. But this is the 1st ever Beer Bloggers conference, so it’s a big deal. And Boulder is a great beer town. Aside from that? Here is what I will be yawping about throughout the Turkey month.
– Wheat beers for the Session blog posting
– three video reviews of a craft beer from Utah, Arizona & Kansas
– I will transport you to some new and little known Colorado breweries
– posts about upcoming and new beers on the shelves
– An update on the 50 Beers from 50 States quest
– three suggested beers to pair with your turkey
…and I will tap the firkin, my opinionated rant on the beer world.
Oktober for the Beer Search Party means…..
LA BEER WEEK!!!
A slightly enlarged weeks worth of beery events topped off by a festival at historic Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. You will get your fill (and then some of events on the blog this month along with…..
– unbiased, snark free reviews of canned industrial water lager. Gameday Ice here I come.
– A tour of Alaskan breweries
– Session # 44
– three beers that I strongly suggest you sample
– 50 Beers from 50 states status post
– The monthly tapping of the Firkin, my opinion on the beer world.