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Swamp Head gets a shout-out from Florida Trend, plus their Saison du Swamp

The business magazine Florida Trend highlighted a few Florida breweries in today’s Daily Pulse, including our very own Swamp Head (with a very nice photo of cofounder Luke Kemper):   Swamp Head started when Luke Kemper returne… [...]

Presente aos amigos!

Conheci em maio, não pessoalmente, três confrades que demonstraram um grande interesse em conhecer minhas cervejas para avaliar. Acho sensacional esta etapa da produção, pois depois de pronto todo produto deve ser submetido à avaliação… e quem… [...]

It is very exciting to see this beer in Florida. I…

It is very exciting to see this beer in Florida. I will definitely buy some to keep on hand. Brings back great memories of David Gray. :) Very drinkable wit but with a bit of a different kick to it. [...]

The Legend is at The Wheaty / Wheatsheaf Hotel

Photo Edwin Bautista It has been a long time in coming but you can now get legitimately imported Sierra Nevada beer in Australia and from the Wheaty. For a long time it has been coming into the country as a grey import. Whilst some of the beer came in was in good condition it wasn’t [...] [...]

Who wants to build a website for me?

Hello Belgian beer lovers!Here’s an offer that should be an attractive one fora web developer that also happens to love Oude Geuze.I’ve been writing this blog for over three years-since February 8, 2008-to be exact. Judging by the demographics of the p… [...]

Scottish Real Ale Festival 2011 Lineup

We’re well into beer festival season at the moment, and next week all attention north of the border will turn to the big one – the Scottish Real Ale Festival, held every year in Edinburgh. This year it will be held at Adam House on Chambers Str… [...]

SAVOR 2011

Savor 2011 is here! Check our coverage of Savor 2011, including all the salons. Interviews and a wrapup are forthcoming! [...]

Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale

So Books and Beer has been on a “super deluxe” hiatus, as one of my co-workers might call it — but it’s coming back with a bang. It’ll hit all y’all beer blog readers with the brewed truth so hard you’ll have a hangover just from reading … [...]

Video: Hahn Super Dry – A fábrica

A marca australiana de cervejas Hahn se posiciona como sendo para homens convíctos e sem frescura. Sempre utilizou-se de humor em seus filmes, como nas inesquecíveis campanhas – Love the taste, da Banheira, Piscina e Veneza.Desta vez, para promover a… [...]

Kegerator

Over the past couple of weeks I have been looking into kegging my beer. I have come to the conclusion that bottling is tedious and takes a really long time. Beer usually has to condition in bottles for at least 10-14 days, whereas keg conditioned beer … [...]

Brewers getting too big for their bottles

As craft beer sales was up 16.3% growth in 2010 as compared to regular beer growth of only 1.4% (Beverage World magazine) the market is expanding and beer lovers palate are maturing but the art of the hop… [...]

2011 Brewfest: Thoughts and Praises

Hello there! So sorry for the long absence. As many of you know, things in Alabama have been topsy turvy for the past couple of months. I’m happy to report, however, that all is well on The Happy Imbibe’s front! This past weekend I had the… [...]

Old beer is good beer!

I opened up the chest freezer I use as a serving fridge, not really knowing what to expect. It had been almost a year since I had poured any homebrew, and I figured the inside of the freezer would be a mess, full of nasty, empty kegs and some kind of mold/slime combination. I wasn’t [...] [...]

The Dark Side of Social Media

Social Media isn’t always beneficial to a business. Yes, having a twitter account for your business (or yourself if you front your business) can bring results – raising awareness of special events with the full details on your website for example.Howev… [...]

Sábado tem Concurso Interno da Acerva Paulista!

No próximo sábado, dia 11 de junho, vai acontecer na Sede da Acerva Paulista um concurso interno de cerveja caseira. O estilo escolhido foi American IPA e o julgamento será a partir das 14h. A minha American IPA já está pronta e ainda hoje abrirem… [...]

Nectar of the gods : Kelly’s Hard Irish Cider

                                The Florida Beer Company, handcrafters of the Key West, Hurricane Reef, Florida Beer and Kelly’s Cider brands, is proud to announce that Kelly’s Traditional Hard Cider has just won the NABA Sil… [...]

Mosquitos Love Beer

Hmmm … I wonder what the source for this research is. Maybe it has something to do with carbon dioxide? Mosquito season is upon us. Ever wondered why some people seem to be magnets for mosquitoes and others never get bitten? Scientists say mo… [...]

Floyd Mayweather Victor Ortiz

Floyd Mayweather Victor Ortiz – Floyd Mayweather has announced that he has challenged Victor Ortiz and will be fighting him for the Welterweight title on September 17, 2011. After just over a year in retirement the news of Mayweather (34) … [...]

Beer & Book Matching: How? …Why? …What?

I attended a great talk by award-winning beer writer Pete Brown at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival at the weekend. It was about matching beers to books in the same way as matching them to food. When I saw the premise of the talk advertised online… [...]

Veckans öltips: Jämtlands Oatmeal Porter

Systembolaget består av ett ordinarie sortiment, ett tillfälligt sortiment och ett beställningssortiment. I det ordinarie sortimentet finns de sorter som du hittar i butikerna och som alltid finns. Det tillfälliga är nyheter som tycker upp varje m… [...]