Archive for May, 2010

I Like Drinking with Minors

The topic of underage drinking comes up a lot when you work within the beer industry. It’s a topic that we take seriously. Late teens, early 20-somethings trying to sneak a beer can ruin the fun for the adults, especially when alcohol licenses are involved. And it’s not these young adults in search of a [...]

How’s Your Pub Doing?

A little more than a week ago, fellow Hop Press writer Mark Dredge wrote about the plight of the English pub. As an American, I have a different perspective when it comes to pubs. “The pub” isn’t the same thing here in the United States, but I think there is some parallel.

The 14th Annual Legendary Boonville Beer Festival: Hop Press Recap

Many thanks to Anderson Valley Brewing Company and the town of Boonville for hosting the Boonville Beer Festival. For those who missed it, here is a full recap of what went on over the weekend from the RateBeer and Hop Press perspective.

The 14th Annual Legendary Boonville Beer Festival

Every festival seems to have its own style. Some are drunkfests where the collection of attendees are there for one reason, serious drinking. Others are geeky affairs, full of notepads and rare beers. Anderson Valley’s Boonville Beer Festival is a combination of both but more so than you could ever imagine.

The Session #39 Roundup

It was a wild week for me, so I apologize for the delay in rounding up The Session posts. Basically, between hosting The Session, planning a campsite at Boonville Beer Festival, and finding out that my wife and I will be having another baby, it’s been a busy weekend. This month, the topic was collaborations, [...]

The Session #39: A Collabortive Effort

For this month’s Session, I chose the topic of Collaborations because it’s one of the hot items in the brewing world today. I also chose it as I’ve been collaborating with other beer writers for some time now in various ways. For almost a year now, Peter Estaniel of BetterBeerBlog and I have collaborated on [...]

Reminder: The Session #39 is THIS Friday

Alright everyone, it’s almost that time. The first Friday of the moth is only a few hours away and this month, the Hop Press will be hosting The Session. I promise that this is no false alarm.