Pints, Forks & Friends Field Notes So the day after my evening in Flint Hill, Virginia, I started heading back to Ohio. I did a quick search in my Google Maps app for breweries and came across an interesting town called "Front Royal" –and the new Front Royal...
That is, “craft beer virgins.” Not to be confused with the strong willed, religiously inclined, or plain unlucky for which abstinence is a way of life. But whether abstinence of the flesh is your virtue or not, we can all afford a little hedonism in our glasses,...
Spent grains are the leftover malt (grains) after most of its sugars, proteins, and nutrients have been extracted. The spent grains can make up over 80% of a brewery's total by-product. Conscientious brewers like Scott Smith, owner of East End Brewing Co. makes sure...
Collage 2 Our friends at The Erie Better Beer Bureau are doing a blind review on Collage 2 - Deschutes & Hair of the Dog Brewing Company which makes for an entertaining episode! Collage 2 Description: We’ve teamed up with Hair of the Dog Brewing Company to bring...
By: Pato Thornycroft Working in all three factions of the craft-brewing scene in the Chicagoland area (bartending, managing, and occasionally working as assistant brewer) is a not so secret avenue for networking through the craft beer industry. Sometimes you are...
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 is...
Pumking Ale is one of our all time favorite autumn brews. It’s like drinking the most delicious boozy pumpkin pie ever known to man. Although it is not from a Pittsburgh brewery, it still feels very homey to us. For the past couple of years, we have gone up to Lake...
I love the fall and everything that goes along with it…including the beer selection. And I will be the first one to admit that I count the seconds until brewers release their fall offerings, especially the pumpkin ones. But it turns out that those so called pumpkin...
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 smell....
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,...
