Recently, yours truly joined Ed Bailey and Day Bracey on the Drinking Partners Podcast. You know a podcast is great when the stop button gets pressed after recording and your face hurts from laughing! I joined these guys less than a week before they made history with Fresh Fest. Unfortunately, […]
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It’s hard to argue these sentiments of Andy Kwiatkowski, Head Brewer at Hitchhiker Brewing in Sharpsburg and Mount Lebanon. The landscape of Pittsburgh beer has taken on a total transformation since the current decade began – a transformation filled with breweries of all different sizes, shapes, models, and modus operandis […]
An Industry and Culture Driven By Education and Experience When you get down to the most binary of levels, beer is liquid. Period. But what makes this liquid magical are people. Brewers innovate daily to produce a quality product. Sales representatives for breweries and wholesalers work tirelessly to get their […]
A big welcome home to many of the brewers, brewery owners, and sales force who spent last week in Nashville for the annual Craft Brewers Conference. This year’s gathering also saw the return of the World Beer Cup, an every-other-year competition that pits breweries from around the world against one […]
For whatever reason, I remember this story from back in the day like it just happened five minutes ago. It was a Sunday back in 2006 and I needed beer for a family picnic. Since I live in Pennsylvania, there were no beer distributors open because, as I mentioned, it […]
Looking for something to do this weekend? Chances are excellent you’ll be able to find a beer, wine, or spirits festival somewhere in your town. These events have become a major part of craft libations culture and provide excellent opportunities for brands to showcase their products and talk directly with […]