This here blog ain't the only place in the internets where folk can get into some yappetry about ales and lagers. Here is a brief survey of some of my favorites:
- The Beer Church says it has over 100,000 registered members from 26 different countries around the world and sponsors charitable events for the beer lover who likes to give.
- The Home Brew Digest is primarily geared and those who make their own but the HBD also caters to newbies and the occassional poster who needs some travelling advice like the name of the best pub in, say, Helsinski. You can get the digest delivered to your email daily.
- Robin Garr's site is one of the best in the world for sharing wine knowledge but is also includes bulletin board style forum on beers and spirits.
- The Oakland Tribune maintains a "beer blog" which is really a series of interesting articles by Bill Brand - though, a bit oddly, they are posted by "John".
- The Beer Advocate is a massive site based in the US with forums, articles and an amazingly deep set of reviews on every beer I have ever thought of. It is a great resource to check out what others think of what you drink.
- The Oxford Bottled Beer Database from England is a little more focused than the Beer Advocate but it does cover the north-eastern side of the Atlantic a little more thoroughly. I like to check both if I can.
- The Beer Blog: a Moblog about beer allows you to post cell phone photos of you and/or your favorite beer creating a happy gallery of a sort. Right now there are 612 images of that joy.






Comments
Alan - October 27, 2004 7:57 am
Add one more good and active site.
Beer Aficionado - December 19, 2004 3:57 am
RateBeer is the largest beer site in existence with more info on more beers than any other source in the history of the brewing. Check it out if you're interested in beer travel info on places and brewpubs, brewer and beer ratings, mail order beer, home brewing, beer and brewing industry news, beer events and beer festivals and tons more great beer info. Enjoy!
Alan - December 19, 2004 9:27 am
Sounds good. I know our Joe is a regular at Rate Beer. I will investigate further.
Alan - February 15, 2005 6:39 pm
Here are another few:<ul><li>Suds Pundit</li><li>Malted Barley</li><li>Hail the Ale</ul></li>
Hart Steinfeld - July 23, 2005 5:34 pm
Does anyone know where I can purchase Creemore Springs in Winnipeg?
Vinod - June 8, 2006 6:24 am
Another good one from an Asian perspective is India Brew (http://indiabrew.blogspot.com). Very informative but more from a business perspective.
India Brew