Last weekend I went down to Charleston, SC to visit my brother and sister-in-law and decided to complete the Holiday Beer Pass. Ten breweries in the Brewery District of Charleston are participating in this event that lasts most of December. We had to go to each brewery, have a beer and perform a task toContinue reading “Charleston Holiday Beer Pass”
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Lost Province let me help with their 500th brew!
In early November Joey Penkala, the head brewer at Lost Province brewing Company, invited me to shadow him and help with their 500th brew! I have been on brewery tours and have heard how to make beer, but Joey let me participate in the process! I stirred the malted barley in the hot water whereContinue reading “Lost Province let me help with their 500th brew!”
International Stout Day
Happy International Stout Day!! The stout is a popular style of beer that comes in many different varieties including, milk stout, Imperial stout, Baltic Porter, and dry stout. It originally meant a strong beer, not a dark beer. In the 18th century the stout porter term was used for porters that were between 7 andContinue reading “International Stout Day”