Bob Sylvester, who I met last year during the National Homebrewers Conference in Orlando, reports that his Saint Somewhere Brewing Co. in Tarpon Springs is about ready to start selling beer.

“We are up and running and making our debut at the Wazoo Beer Festival in Tampa FL on Aug. 4,” he writes. The first two beers are a spiced saison and an amber ale. All of his beers will be unfiltered and bottle conditioned, sold only in  read more »

Pacific Brew News Radio tasted a few beers with Martin Lodahl, who was writing about brewing Belgian-inspired beers back when making them in the United States was pretty much the domain of homebrewers.

I’d suggest grabbing one or more of these beer first: Ommegang Hennepin, Dupont Moinette Brune, Affligem Tripel and/or Allagash Four, then give a listen to the podcast.

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Asheville, N.C., just keeps getting more attractive.

We liked the town a dozen years ago when we passed through - nice setting, good brewing scene (starting with Highland Brewing), fine places to drink beer, good live music, good restaurants.

I was reminded up this last week while reading a post at Accidental Hedonist about keeping food local.

And as I was taken around thro  read more »

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