It was a great night with really great fresh IPA brews at the Oakmont National Pub in Havertown to start out Philly Beer Week 2010 on Tuesday June 8th. Ten local homebrewers brewed a special IPA for the evening’s competition for the coveted Oakmont Cup (OK, it’s the first year, but it’s still coveted!). Patrons ...
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Written by pcherpack on June 13, 2010
The statistics are proving what beer enthusiasts have long assumed – while beer as the major category of all alcoholic beverages is slightly declining (by .04% in 2005) craft beer is indeed booming in popularity. For the 36th straight year craft beer has gown in popularity – up 8% in 2004, 9% in 2005 and the early results suggest the craft beer segment has grown to 11% in 2006). Craft beer now Read More No Comments
Written by admin on August 5, 2009
Actually, all beers are either lagers or ales – it refers to the two main ways beers are brewed. A “Lager” is not a brand, it’s a whole type of beer with many different styles and brands.
When a beer is brewed, it can be either an “ale” or a “lager”. Ales were the first beers, a type brewed since 4000 BC. Traditionally brewed quickly at warmer temperatures, ales usually have Read More No Comments
Written by admin on August 3, 2009
Over the past few month media outlets across the nation have gleefully pointed out that beer has lost US market share to wine and hard liquor for the first time in memory. From 1998 through 2004 beer’s dominance of the alcoholic beverage market has slipped 59.6% to 58.1%. Conversely wine and spirit consumption has grown by about 1.5%. Over the last two months I found articles in the Philadelphia Read More No Comments
Written by admin on July 20, 2009
On a beautiful fall day at the Roxborough YMCA, I poured beers for a hunderd or so local beer enthusiasts at the first annual Roxborough Beer Fest. Much fun was had and money was raised for the Roxborough YMCA. Joe Sixpack (Don Russell) was there along with folks from the Manayunk Brewery and local beer ...
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Written by admin on November 15, 2008
eerAppreciation LLC participated in the two of the largest U.S. beer eventsScene at the beer fest this fall, the The Great American Beer Fest in Denver (granddaddy of all beer events, 25 years and going strong) and the newcomer Brewtopia event in Manhattan.
GABF was all you would expect, with reportedly over 40,000 attendees over four nights, hundreds of brewers and thousands of beers to sample.
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Written by admin on September 30, 2008
The second annual Wine & Dinosaurs beer and wine tasting festival at the Delaware Museum of Natural History was a big success! Guests enjoyed an afternoon sipping premium wine and specialty beers with friends while supporting the Museum. Peter Cherpack of Beer Appreciation LLC explained beer styles and comparison tips to guests throughout the afternoon.
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Written by admin on September 14, 2008
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