Rob Peters has been teaching Wine classes at the Main Line School Night for a while, and has occasionally dropped in one of my beer appreciation classes. He had been prodding me to do something with him, so I finally relented this spring and decided to do a wine/beer and cheese tasting class with him. ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on May 15, 2011
It wasn’t really that long ago that the three taps at the Nail in Ardmore on Haverford Avenue were Bud, Miller Lite and Bass (and the Bass ran really foamy). The bottles selection was pretty uninspired, with Yuengling and Coors Light to add to the familiar bar basics. After Chris took over the place, the ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on April 24, 2011
I attended the 2011 Craft Brewing Conference in San Francisco last month and basked in the collegial and warm atmosphere of the some 3500 attendees that represent Craft Brewing in America. I found that I vastly preferred this event to the more famous (and infamous) GABF in Denver – though the GABF is a “must ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on April 10, 2011
In the bay area for the Craft Brewers Conference (more on that later) and made the 45 minute drive out to visit one of my long favorites – Lagunitas Brewing – makers of high gravity, highly creative ales and beers. (I posted about my appreciation of them back in 2009 as well). I had the exquisite ... Read More No Comments
Written by pcherpack on March 23, 2011
Craft Beer News
Brian Hunt, the founder, brewer and inspiration (as well as keg filler, delivery man and just about Read More
When I made the trip up to Boonville (about 2 and a half hours north of San Francisco) to visit the Read More
Bar manager for 14 years at the Bear Republic brew pub in Healdsburg California, Ryan Lindecker ha Read More
Holiday time means parties, celebrations, dinners out or in with friends and family – all of w Read More