Since 21st Amendment gets nationwide distribution now, I feel like a lot of craft beer snobs are basically done with them. But they were one of my first favourite craft breweries, and it just doesn’t feel like winter to me until I have my first Fireside Chat. Also: having a beer called “Fireside Chat”…
I have a story to tell about Black Tuesday. If you’re not into stories, feel free to scroll down for the review at the end. I won’t be offended. We found out about Black Tuesday from a Frenchman. It’s true. I just got into craft beer in 2015, really, because of the fella. He was…
Our last stop on our Napa/Sonoma trip was Horse & Plow. Our bartender at Sonoma Cider recommended it, and since it was mostly on the way home, we decided to make the short detour to check out one more spot and prolong Sunday Funday. Horse & Plow makes both cider and wine. I don’t know…
All right, I know that Sonoma is a cidery, not a brewery, but I love craft cider as much as I love craft beer, and I tend to weight them equally if the cider is good. So, the fella and I decided to head north from Sonoma, CA, on our recent wine and beer weekend…
I cannot say enough good things about our experience at Mad Fritz Beer. It was unlike any other brewery visit I have ever experienced, and the fella and I were inspired enough to buy one of every beer that we tasted. Mad Fritz is run by Nile and Whitney, who started out as winemakers. Nile…
So I went to Regina, Saskatchewan, last weekend. That’s a sentence you don’t often hear from Americans, right? Or even that many Canadians, honestly. But I was in Regina, and it wasn’t even my first time. I was there to photograph Skate Canada International for Ice-Dance.com. I was busy in the arena for all of…
I’m a little stingy with five-star ratings on Untappd, so I decided to list those with 4.75 stars as well. I have over 1500 unique check-ins on Untappd, so I thought these lists were a good representations of some of my favourites. I have to say, though, I checked in some of these quite a…
Last weekend, the fella and I visited CRAFT Beer & Wine in Alameda. We met a local couple out watching football a couple of weeks ago, and they said it was the best place to get craft beer in the area. It was smaller than we expected, but they sell mainly singles, so they have…
Une Année piqued my interest a couple of years ago, when I first had their Truth Against the World. I declared it my favourite saison ever, bought several bottles of it during 2015, and gave it five stars on Untappd. I haven’t had it in over 2 years, so I have no idea if I…
On Sunday, the fella and I decided to escape the heat of our sans-AC apartment in Oakland and head across the Bay to San Francisco for a few brewery visits. Little did we know that it would be just as hot and un-air-conditioned in SF, but we had a great day anyway. Our first stop…