Posts Tagged: Brewery Info
Paul Considers The State Of Stella Artois
Posted by on Thursday, January 24, 2008 in - leave a comment
According to The Publican, that venerable journal of the UK licensed trade, InBev are crying into their beer over the Young’s Pub Company delisting of Stella Artois from their 200+ strong pub chain. I'm not a lager drinker, but I welcome this one small victory against the brewing giant of the …
Photo Essay Of A Brewery In Maine
Posted by on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 in - 1 comment
In interesting story but a great series of photos going along with the tale posted on the Waldo County Citizen's webpages about the 3Tides pub and Marshall Wharf Brewery of Belfast, Maine. I love Maine and have to get there in the spring. The photographer, Tina Shute, was blessed with some great …
Paul Tries The New Incarnation Of St. Edmund's Ale
Posted by on Sunday, January 6, 2008 in - 4 comments
Cold beer is the work of the devil. Fact. • Right, now that we've established a baseline - let's move forward. When one of my local breweries, the mighty Greene King, announced that they were brewing a beer to be served with or without a head and cold, I was not too chuffed to say the least. I …
Photos From My Visit To Jolly Pumpkin, Dexter, Michigan
Posted by on Friday, November 16, 2007 in - 2 comments
Click any picture for a bigger view. • It was a Ron-a-thon last Friday at Jolly Pumpkin. After leaving London, Ontario, Canada at about 1 pm and we hit Dexter, Michigan at about 5 pm just as Ron Jeffries was finishing up a days work. He gave me an hour of his time and by the end of it I was …
Michigan Update From The Road
Posted by on Saturday, November 10, 2007 in - 2 comments
Just a quick note to say we had an hour with Ron at Jolly Pumpkin late in the afternoon yesterday which was one of the most interesting hours I have spent in my life with beer. Plenty of photos of wooden casks will follow but on that whole beer pricing thing - picking up a case of 12 750 ml … read more »
Paul Considers Shepherd Neame's Advertising
Posted by on Monday, October 8, 2007 in - 10 comments
George Orwell once said "Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket." This is how I feel about the way that Shepherd Neame advertises. Shepherd Neame brews pretty good beer, but I really do find their advertising very distasteful. Distasteful to the point where, I would recommend …
New York: Custom BrewCrafters Reviewed
Posted by on Sunday, September 16, 2007 in - 7 comments
There's a good article Custom BrewCrafters of Honeoye Falls, New York in Rochester's Democrat and Chronical today describing their unique path to business stability: • “Custom BrewCrafters produces less than 3,000 barrels a year — placing the Honeoye Falls beer maker well under the 15,000-barrel …
Paul Goes To Brasserie La Saint Pierre, Alsace, France
Posted by on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 in - leave a comment
The village of Saint-Pierre is a stones throw from Barr. They are on the crease where the mountains meet the plain on the west bank of the Rhine in Alsace. Barr is at an angle while Saint-Pierre is horizontal. Horizontal, but not totally laid back, as an enterprising soul has established a modern …
Oskar Blues Expanding
Posted by on Wednesday, August 29, 2007 in - 2 comments
Interesting news about Oskar Blues, the makers of the ever excellent Old Chub and Dales Pale Ale...not to mention their dandy new brew, the rich double IPA Gordon, a can of which I have around here somewhere: • “Oskar Blues Inc. of Lyons plans to open a second Colorado brewery and double its …
Ontario: Grand River Brewing, Cambridge, RMW
Posted by on Sunday, August 26, 2007 in - 6 comments
If Canada has a hub of microbrewing, a very good argument could be made that it is in the cluster of smaller cities around Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge and Guelph about an hour west of Toronto. Off the top of my head I can think of seven or eight breweries in the area. Maybe there are more but …
