Crux Fermentation Project, Bend Oregon

September 2016 Whenever I am in Bend Oregon, I try and venture out to visit as many local breweries as I can to have a chance to taste test the beers that are usually always really good. On a trip last year I visited Crux in Bend, met up with a co-worker and we had a…

Great American Beer Festival, Denver Colorado

October 2016 The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is a three-day annual event hosted by the Brewers Association, held in Denver, Colorado. The GABF brings visitors from around the world to sample thousands of different American craft beers. Getting tickets can be tough, they sell out very fast. This is after all, America’s greatest beer…

Worthy Brewing, Bend OR

April 2013 In case you were not aware, there are a lot of breweries in Bend, Oregon. 🙂 You’ve probably heard of Deschutes Brewery and maybe 10 Barrel, Good Life, Cascade Lakes Brewing, Boneyard, Solstice, Silver Moon or one of the many other breweries in the local area too.

New York Beer Project, Lockport NY

July 2016 While working in Pennsylvania for a couple of weeks, I drove to upstate New York over the weekend to check out Niagara Falls and visit a friend. One afternoon after driving around we went out to lunch at a really great new-ish brew pub in the local area that makes their own beer…

Brewing at Folsom Tap Craft Beer Fest, Folsom CA

August 2014 My town recently held it’s annual craft beer festival called Folsom Tap that brought in great local craft brewers from all over, and with the price of admission you got unlimited beer tastings, a couple of good bands, and options for food with a line up of great food trucks. Folsom Tap is…

Tap Folsom Craft Beer Fest, Folsom CA

Tap Folsom Craft Beer Fest in Historic Old Town Folsom California – 1st Annual event. (this is a re-post from my old folsomfoodie.com site) August 2014 My town threw a great beer festival this past week and I attended both the first day VIP Beer Brewing with the Brewer Sessions and the second day VIP Access…

Worthy Imperial IPA Beer

While working in Oregon staying in Bend I found a great beer I liked one day while out shopping at a local grocery store.     This beer is an Imperial Indian Pale Ale made by Worthy Brewing in Bend Oregon. The bottle label states the following;  Hop lovers rejoice. We use 8 Oregon-grown hop varieties…

Tap Folsom Craft Beer Fest

Tap Folsom Craft Beer Fest in Historic Old Town Folsom California My home town threw a great beer festival this past week and I attended both the first day VIP Beer Brewing with the Brewer Sessions and the second day VIP Access to the Beer Tasting event showcasing 25 craft beer vendors from all over the…