If you haven’t visited the Yard’s Brewery in their Penn’s Landing location on Delaware Ave, you are missing the opportunity to see the city’s first original Philadelphia brewery in modern times (first after Prohibition – but truth be told, they did relocate within Philly a number of times since Tom Kehoe started it off in Roxborough ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on April 29, 2012
On a blustery afternoon in March, a short stroll from the Boston Seaport Hotel and Convention center (site of the annual American Craft Beer Fest), I found myself at the Harpoon Brewery. Along with the usual beer swag and a sweeping view of fermenters and brew kettles, was a really nice wooden bar and tasting area ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on April 9, 2012
Out in the Philly area, Straub’s beers aren’t that easy to find. You may have heard of it, and maybe think of it as a “Rolling Rock” sort of light lager, with no distinctive attributes – or a smaller Yuengling from out in the middle of Pennsylvania somewhere. Some of you may even have heard about ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on March 5, 2012
You all know BeerAppreciation focuses on local breweries, local beers and is very pro Philly and the ‘burbs. That said, I have been fortunate enough to make a few brewery runs in the San Francisco Bay area (click here to see my “Brewery Life List – So far”) and the sheer number of breweries and ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on February 20, 2012
Brian Hunt, the founder, brewer and inspiration (as well as keg filler, delivery man and just about everything else) of Moonlight Brewing jokingly asks his assistant Jeff: “How much product did we make today?” On cue Jeff shouted back “We don’t make product, we make beer”, and added an F-bomb for emphasis. Brian wants us to ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on January 29, 2012
When I made the trip up to Boonville (about 2 and a half hours north of San Francisco) to visit the mythical Anderson Valley Brewing Company, I wasn’t sure what to expect. What I did find was that after that long drive – including a 30 minute twisting trek through the mountains, was that their ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on January 26, 2012
Bar manager for 14 years at the Bear Republic brew pub in Healdsburg California, Ryan Lindecker has already had a good day. “I already went fishing” he cracked as he poured another pint of Racer X for the enthusiastic and grateful patrons at the bar. But I got the impression that for Ryan, just about ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on January 20, 2012
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Out in the Philly area, Straub’s beers aren’t that easy to find. You may have heard of it, and m Read More
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