As all the major networks have reported, California is starting on its 4th consecutive year of drought, the effects of which have been devastating on the economy and like us, small manufacturers. Even though the two wells that Bear Republic funded for the city are in...
Craft Brewery Review – Cycle Brewing
I’m very excited to talk to all you fellow beer lovers out there about Cycle Brewing’s RareR DOS and Rare DOS! Cycle Brewing is the brainchild of Doug Dozark, who started brewing at Peg’s Cantina and eventually started Cycle Brewing in downtown St. Petersburg, FL....
Celebrating International Stout Day!
The Stout Matrix Featured by: Draft Magazine November/December 2014 Practically black and forever brooding, stout’s claim to fame is its swirls of cocoa, coffee, char and cola notes extracted from roasted malt. But the style’s ever-expanding with fruit, barrels and...
Jackie O’s Bourbon Barrel Batch 1000 – Erie Better Beer Review
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 Batch 1000, An Australian Black Barleywine aged in Bourbon Barrels. Jackie O’s is headquartered...
Voodoo Blood Worms – Craft Beer Recipe
Voodoo Blood Worms – Add a little wickedness to your Halloween bash with our creepy Beer Jell-O Blood Worms. They’re stark red, slimy, and devilishly boozy. You’ll be sure to terrorize your guests with these little suckers. Materials 100 flexible straws (bigger...
Millersburg Brewing Company – Pope Imperial Pumpkin Ale Release
Pope’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale is coming out on October 26th . This is it’s second anniversary as last year, we couldn’t keep enough of it! Here are the details for our pumpkin ale: POPE IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE 9.0 ABV || 13 IBU’s Pope Imperial...
Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock Craft Beer Review
Erie Better Beer Here is another installment from Mark Pyle and the boys at the Erie Better Beer Bureau. Check out their review of Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock. This beer cost a jaw-dropping $30 per 12oz bottle! Aroma – Chocolate, sweet raspberry, fresh juice...
Jackie O’s Bourbon Barrel Black Maple Review
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,...
Interview With Homebrewer Eric Nocerino
By George Horning This is an interview conducted with Homebrewer Eric Nocerino, of Goleta, CA. Hi Eric. Thanks for taking the time to talk with me. So, how did you start brewing? I had a few friends that started brewing in high school and that was my first...
Meet Brewmaster Pato Thornycroft, Lake Bluff Brewing
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...










