Erie Better Beer Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their review of Jackie O's Bourbon Barrel Black Maple. Remember it's a porter, not a stout! Aroma - Roasty, Maple Syrup, Vanilla, Oak, Chocolate,...
Profiles in Brewing: A Conversation with Eric Nocerino By George Horning Behind every great homebrewer is a great origin story. For Eric Nocerino of Goleta, California, that story involves a "dry" college campus, a helpful local shop owner, and a lifelong appreciation...
By Max Madler, The Craftavore The Craftavore “Tastes” – A Review of Sierra Nevada’s Beer Camp Across America Variety Pack Part I Ever since the debut of “The Craftavore Tales” on Pints, Forks & Friends this past May, I’ve wanted to add a second column that focuses...
Pato Thornycroft (Courtesy of Pato Thornycroft) We have been very lucky at Pints, Forks & Friends to have found some tremendous bloggers who are great people and love craft beer. Some of our bloggers work in the craft beer industry. Others just love to drink craft...
By Erie Better Beer Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their review of 3 Fonteinen Hommage. Cherry funk, pungent aroma. Medium full bold body... No shortage of flavor. Our Lambic ratings are 4.5, 4.25,...
Beer and meat make the ultimate pairing. Not only do well-crafted brews bring great flavor to the table (literally), they also make a wonderful, tenderizing marinade. Beer has enzymes that help break down the tough fibers found in most red meat, which makes beer even...
By John Tisevich The Brew Kettle. Sounds innocent enough right? Well yes and no. The Brew Kettle in Strongsville, Ohio is the first BOP or Brew On Premises in Ohio. Begun in 1995 the brewery is not only a BOP but also a top notch smoke house. And it has grown to...
By John Tisevich Back in the day Cooperstown New York was famous for the hallowed Baseball Hall of Fame. It still is, but before that the area was known as a big time producer of Hops in the area. The area in which Brewery Ommegang is built at one time in the 1800’s...
Arlo's Craft Beer Guide had the pleasure today to get a behind the scenes look at a brand new Craft Beer Bar that is going to be opening very soon in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls is a great little suburb of Akron, Ohio in Northeast Ohio. The name of this pub...
Homebrew Recipes By: Alex Marsh With fair season coming into full swing for most of the country, I thought I’d write about my homebrew entries from last year’s Great Frederick Fair. Like most of my local competitions, the fair judging takes the BJCP categories and...
