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Read MoreBeer Gardens in the CA Bay Area? Cool…Too Cool?
Along with the embarrassing riches that the SF bay area has of craft breweries, brew pubs and beer bars, there are a growing number of outdoor beer gardens. A staple in Germany and other beer-centric European countries, the beer garden in slowing becoming part of American craft beer culture as well. In the gentrifying Hayes Valley area of San Francisco (just off Mission) a beer garden popped up a year or...
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Read MoreWither the taste of IPA’s?
Ok – so IPA’s are the most popular style of craft beer sold in the US – as between IPA’s and Seasonal’s – that’s 40% of the craft beer market. I love the bitterness – following the creed that anything that tastes really nasty is probably good for you. So what’s the dirty secret that caused angst at the Craft Brewers Conference (CBC) this spring? Well,...
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Read MoreBrewing up Bucks County’s Best At Neshaminy Creek
Established less that a year ago, Neshaminy Creek Brewing – located just off I 95 in Croydon Pa (think not quite up to Trenton) is already thinking about expanding. Located in an huge factory building, they have already exceeded their first year expectations, and just started bottling. My friend Paul and I wandered in after a Trenton Thunder game one Sunday afternoon (the Thunder crushed the...
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Read MoreCelebrating New Beer Appreciation at the Oakmont Pub
I am at the bar at the Oakmont National Pub in Havertown tonight with my friends Seamus and Brendan — celebrating the new web site. Brendan has appeared in these posts many times over the year – he brought craft beer to the Havertown area. Together we hatched the idea of the “Oakmont Cup” home brewing contest – -four years old and going strong. You may also find me at the...
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Read MoreWelcome to the dawn of the NEW BeerAppreciation.com!
Yes, we went away for a bit, but now we now rise again – brighter and better than ever. We have managed to put together this great new look – with more features and (hopefully) more interesting and valuable information about the world, culture, breweries, curiosities and people of beer. Along with beer, photography has always been a passion – so this new site will offer more graphics...
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Read MoreCraft Brewing Blast – Joining 6400 Friends at the CBC in DC
This year’s Craft Brewers Conference was held in Washington DC March 26 – 29 – in a large convention hall – cause representatives from more than 1000 breweries and 400 vendors and tons of media showed up to cheer the seemingly endless growth of craft beer in America. The opening was on the anniversary of the late Micheal Jackson’s birthday, no less. Considering that just 2 short years...
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Read MoreChain, Chain Brew Pub Chain?
Do real beer appreciators really go to “chain brewpubs”? Are they really “breweries”? Well, like most things in life, it depends on which one you go to and what you like. In the Philly suburbs we have a growing number of these – from the venerable “Rock Bottom” in the King of Prussia Mall, to the “Iron Hills” (new one opening in Ardmore soon they say), McKenzie’s in Delaware County and Triumph...
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Read MoreSierra Nevada Brewery
In late March I was fortunate enough to be invited to visit the fabulous Sierra Nevada brewery in Chico California, with an assist from Bill Rauner – local representative for our area from the brewery. With few expectations other than a tour and a tasting, I was really excited (and surprised frankly) to find that I was to be taken on a personal tour with Charlie Kyle, the communications manger for...
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