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 […]

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 […]

Hard to tell if Seattle Weekly columnist Maggie Dutton was more taken by brewer Tomme Arthur or his Lost Abbey beers. Following a beer dinner in Seattle here’s some of what she wrote:
- “He is so far upstream that his endless ideas and experiments are filtering into the mainstream only now.”
- “Tasting the beer is […]

How do you celebrate Cinco de Mayo in San Marcos, Calif.?
How about with a bunch of Belgian-inspired beer, some other limited releases and an unlimited taco bar? The essentials:
When: Noon-9 p.m., May 5.
Where: Lost Abbey/Port Brewing, 155 Mata Way, San Marcos.
Admission: $15 at the door. Includes 8 tasting tickets, the taco bar featuring the […]

Lew Bryson asks “whether Massachusetts retailers, both on- and off-premise, or Massachusetts drinkers, get Belgian beer, and whether they’re selling and buying enough of these big-bottle, big-flavor, big-ticket beers. From my Philadelphia perspective, living in the biggest Belgian beer market in the country, where I have five local Belgian restaurants to choose from, Massachusetts is […]