Monthly Archives: November 2011

A Tropical Paradise with Craft Beer, Who Said You Can’t Have It All?

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Ryan in Breweries, Videos | Leave a comment
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Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: I love tropical paradises.  I also love craft beer.  Perhaps the only place you  used to find both was Hawaii, where you can snag Maui or Kona Brewing’s beers.  But the world is changing and the emerging market countries straddling the equator are playing …

A Taste of London

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Kendon in Malted Destinations | Leave a comment
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Archived; click post to view.Excerpt:   Being that I have spent a great deal of time over in the UK, I felt it only proper to seek out the effects of the American craft beer revolution within its borders.  There are now over 800 microbreweries in England and …

“The Fastest Game in the World” Jai Alai, Cigar City Brewing

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Kendon in Brew Reviews | Leave a comment
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Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: Some may find it odd that my first encounter with Cigar City Brewing Co. was in London of all places.  While you can read what is just the tip of the iceberg with the on-goings of craft beer in London here, it was at The Craft Beer Co. that I …

Weekend in the Windy City Part I, The Journey Continues

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Ryan in Malted Destinations | Leave a comment
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Archived; click post to view.Excerpt: My second major stop of the American Beer Journey was Chicago. I hauled ass from Fort Collins, CO, stopping only to sleep along the highway in Nebraska and to grab lunch with an old friend in Omaha.  Chicago was just wrapping up it’s first ever craft beer week, and I …