The best way to navigate the beer scene of an unfamiliar or large city (I.E. New York) is to check out the local craft beer blogs.
Brew York, New York is another source of beery information for the traveler or local alike.
Beer Cartel
It can be daunting just to keep up with the craft beer in your own backyard. But keep in mind that the beer revolution is not just happening here.
It is also happening in places as far flung as Australia. That’s where resources like the Beer Cartel come into play.
You can buy rare (to us) beer, join a beer of the month club or just learn more about the scene in Australia. If you don’t check it out today, it has been added to the links section for future viewing.
another beer blog to check out
The craft beer world is filled with reviews. And there is a process underway, in my mind, of winnowing down to trusted craft beer sources. I hope to be one such person for those just embarking into the realm of flavorful beer.
Another great source is KSW Beer. They are review focused with good, solid writing. But they have two twists that I think differentiate themselves from other sites.
1. Female Perspective. They are prominently featuring women drinking beer. Awesome. The beer industry cannot grow without 1/2 the population behind us. They give voice to an under heard group and to that I say bravo.
2. Single Hop madness. They discuss hops and their flavors straightforwardly and because of home brewing knowledge, they aren’t feeding you a bucket of bad internet information.
So check them out.
Pete Brown videos
I have sung the praises of Pete Brown’s books and blog. Now he has added video to the mix.
After kicking a few ideas around, we decided to start off by making a series of video blogs. Once a month, we will be filming in a particular region of the UK, to produce monthly pairs of blogs. I believe (though I may be wrong) that these represent a bit of a depatrture for V-Blogging in that they´re made with a full film crew and hopefully therefore have a veneer of professionalism to them.
They´re not necessarily aimed at a beer geek audience but at a more general public, and we´re exploring ways to give them a wider reach in an age where TV channels won´t commission many serious content about beer. So if you´re a fellow beer blogger and you´re thinking ´this is rally basic stuff´ – fine, but it´s not basic to most people.I certainly will watch and learn. Us Yanks tend to forget about the ongoing British craft beer revolution.
Randy Clemens
The sharp eyed among you may have noticed another favorite link over their in the right sidebar.
It is for a Randy Clemens who has some great thoughts on beer and wine and food that you can read on his SITE or in various food magazines like Imbibe and Beer Advocate. I always learn something after reading one of his pieces.
Another cool brew website….
…is USA Beer Trends. They ask great questions each week and report on different industry , what’s the right word, trends.
Another great Beer Blog
Check out Thank Heaven for Beer. They have a nicely done website and have a Saturday beer to sip section which is cool. You will see a link to them with My Favorite Links.