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Sharing the Spotlight
August 29, 2011

Sharing the Spotlight

Last year, one of the highest rated segments of the Beer Blogger’s Conference was the “Night of Many Bottles” where participants were encouraged to bring local, unusual, or hard-to-find beer to a free-form tasting. With more than 100 participants last year, there were literally hundreds of bottles waiting to be sampled. What I thought was the most interesting bit of that evening was not that there was an infinite selection- but more of what the beer bloggers became as the night progressed.

On The Hop Vine
August 28, 2011

On The Hop Vine

You can make beer with a few hops, or a lot of them, but it’s hard not to make beers with tons of them if you’re as surrounded by them as you are in the Pacific northwest.

Pioneering Spirit
August 20, 2011

Pioneering Spirit

If you don’t know who Fred Eckhardt is, you’re missing out on an important part of American Craft beer history. He has his own wikipedia entry, for goodness sake. In his 80s, Fred basically single handedly resurrected homebrewing in the US and sparked a (multiple) revolutions in beer. He’s also a hilarious, eccentric, outspoken and wonderful grandfatherly man with an epic mustache.

Growing Craft Beer
August 20, 2011

Growing Craft Beer

Julia Herz is a craft beer institution – in all the best ways. She’s the Craft Beer Program Director over at the Brewer’s Association (see CraftBeer.com) as well as a blogger and outspoken advocate for many craft beer hot topics, including food pairing, women and beer and the legitimacy of craft beer in the US and the world.

With a little fuel…
July 17, 2011

With a little fuel…

Today, the balance of the Rocket Fuel account went to $601.
I am – officially – “fueled” and couldn’t be more grateful for the 19 fuelers who have now made it possible for me to attend the 2011 Beer Blogger’s Conference in Portland, OR.

The Love of Beer
July 13, 2011

The Love of Beer

Last week two points of controversy erupted regarding women and beer. The debate once again flared up about women’s beer tastes, marketing towards women, and gender-offensive labeling of craft and non-craft beer. I’ve been writing about this for some time now, but the very same day I was disheartened by finding a new beer “marketed specifically towards women” I also found something that made my heart soar with pride – a movie about women and craft beer.

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