The Big Beers, Belgians and Barleywines Festival has found a permanent home on my must-attend list for beer festivals each year. While I enjoy The Great American Beer Festival, I’d purposefully ruin my four year streak of GABF attendance if I was forced to pick between it and Big Beers. The high altitude, high ABV […]
The Great American Beer Festival Experience 2019
Almost a month has passed since I embarked on my fourth Great American Beer Festival journey. Hangovers fade, but certain lessons and memories tend to stick with me each year. Rather than recount the places I went to in a chronological fashion as I’ve done with my previous three GABF blog posts (2016, 2017, 2018), […]
Gueuze Got Your Goat
I’ve kind of given up on the pronunciation. Gooze, gehrz, goo-zeh… whatever. It’s just not synonymous with the similar sounding style “gose”, which is German, and decidedly pronounced “goes-uh”. Gueuze is a Belgian style, and also has two correct spellings: “gueuze” in French, and “geuze” in Dutch. I don’t speak a lick of either language, […]
IBD General Certificate in Brewing Exam Study Tips
The Institute of Brewing and Distilling (IBD) is a British organization designed to educate and certify the knowledge of professionals worldwide in their respective craft. This includes brewing, distilling, packaging and malting, as well as a branch called the Beer and Cider Academy. Each pathway offers different steps of certification. Foundation level courses are intended […]
Longfellow Community Hops
When I travel, I seek out the experiences that are tied to their geographic location. This usually means food and beer, but also museums, thrift stores, and gardens. I want flavors and sights unique to the place I’m visiting. I’m not trying to go to McDonalds and then sit in a Cinemark theater. I’m trying […]
Crafty Beer Girls Podcast Episode 5 – I Will Drink With You
On our fifth episode of the Crafty Beer Girls Podcast, we discuss the beauty of beer cocktails as Jenni shakes up a Gose-Rita. Red Rock Lime Gose and Bitters Lab habanero lime bitters meet in the glass with tequila and a few other select ingredients to help us feel a little less stressed about the […]