Monthly Archives: June 2010

A Tale of Two Tasting Bars

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Peter

Beer had endured a long history of second-class citizenship in the alcohol world. It has never been seen as sexy, sophisticated or worldly as wine or as refined, experienced and mature as distilled spirits. Thankfully, American craft beer and flavorful … Continue reading →

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Faultline Takes Gold at CA State Fair

Posted on June 16, 2010 by The Rabid Brewer

While searching for the results of the California State Fair Homebrew Competition, I happened upon the results of the Craft Brew Competition and found a surprise: Faultline Brewing Company of Sunnyvale took a number of awards and in various categories.

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Third Thursday at Wine Affairs

Posted on June 15, 2010 by The Rabid Brewer

One of the local craft beer venues Peter likes to write about (and of course frequent) is the Wine Affairs on The Alameda in San Jose.

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Product in Review: Newcastle DraughtKeg

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Peter

Mario, from Brewed for Thought, and I have a semi-regular collaborative blog post called Hopinions. In each of these posts, we take turn picking a topic to discuss. We usually discuss whatever craft beer/brewing topic that is on our minds … Continue reading →

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Product in Review: Glynne’s Beer Soap – IPA/Citrus

Posted on June 13, 2010 by Peter
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Hopinions: Does The Bottle Fit Cinder-ale-a?

Posted on June 10, 2010 by Peter

This week on Hopinions, Mario and I discuss containers, specifically, the containers beers are shipped in. You know these containers to be 12 oz bottles, 22 oz bombers, 750 mL, half-gallon growlers and even 5L draught kegs. With the way … Continue reading →

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Beer Maker’s Dinner featuring Firestone Walker

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Peter

Around the beginning of the year I was able to attend a Belgian Beer Dinner hosted by BetterBeerBlog friend, Trappist bartender and Certified Cicerone Nicole Erny. This was a very fun event with good food and even better beer and … Continue reading →

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The Session #40: Session Beers

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Peter

This month’s Session, hosted by Top Fermented, is all about Session beers. I hear this term a lot and despite its ubiquity, I haven’t really gotten a solid definition of what a session beer really is. Beer Advocate defines a … Continue reading →

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Firehouse “Pete’s Support” Belgian IPA brewday Recap

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Peter

A few weeks ago I helped Firehouse Brewery brewmaster, Steve Donohue, brew up some beer. I walked into the brewery and already found Steve mashing in the grains for the beer we would be brewing that day, a Belgian IPA … Continue reading →

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Morland Beer Dinner Recap

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Peter

A few weeks ago, the British Bankers Club (BBC) in Menlo Park had their very first beer dinner. I almost didn’t go because the beers featured were, to be frank, not too exciting. But to be fair, since I had … Continue reading →

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