Beer History http://kraftfest.com Just another beer blog Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:51:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Yards – Come and Taste Real Local Philly Beer http://kraftfest.com/2012/04/29/yards-come-and-taste-real-local-philly-beer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yards-come-and-taste-real-local-philly-beer http://kraftfest.com/2012/04/29/yards-come-and-taste-real-local-philly-beer/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:51:20 +0000 pcherpack http://beerappreciation.com/?p=1182 If you haven’t visited the Yard’s Brewery in their Penn’s Landing location on Delaware Ave, you are missing the opportunity to see the city’s first original Philadelphia brewery in modern times (first after Prohibition – but truth be told, they did relocate within Philly a number of times since Tom Kehoe started it off in Roxborough [...]

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Along with the usual beer swag and a sweeping view of fermenters and brew kettles, was a really nice wooden bar and tasting area [...]

]]> http://kraftfest.com/2012/04/08/happily-harpooned-in-boston/feed/ 0 Beer & Brewery Reviews http://kraftfest.com/2012/03/09/beer-brewery-reviews/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beer-brewery-reviews http://kraftfest.com/2012/03/09/beer-brewery-reviews/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:58:03 +0000 DC Admin http://drunkencrayfish.com/beer-history/?p=65 Random Breweries:
Battle Ground Brewery
108 Bridge St
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
US

Random Beer:

Rocky Mountain Wheat Ale
American Wheat or Rye Beer
Twisted Pine Brewing Company
Rocky Mountain Wheat Ale is a smooth unfiltered American wheat beer. Pours a straw color with a creamy white head. Slightly yeasty but finishes clean. Hops - Willamette, Northern Brewer
ABV: 5%
IBUs: 10
]]> http://kraftfest.com/2012/03/09/beer-brewery-reviews/feed/ 0 Going Old School at Straub’s in St.Marys http://kraftfest.com/2012/03/04/going-old-school-at-straubs-in-st-marys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=going-old-school-at-straubs-in-st-marys http://kraftfest.com/2012/03/04/going-old-school-at-straubs-in-st-marys/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:24:38 +0000 pcherpack http://beerappreciation.com/?p=1163 Out in the Philly area, Straub’s beers aren’t that easy to find. You may have heard of it, and maybe think of it as a “Rolling Rock” sort of light lager, with no distinctive attributes – or a smaller Yuengling from out in the middle of Pennsylvania somewhere.
Some of you may even have heard about [...]

]]> http://kraftfest.com/2012/03/04/going-old-school-at-straubs-in-st-marys/feed/ 0 Northern Ca. Brewery Guide http://kraftfest.com/2012/02/20/northern-ca-brewery-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=northern-ca-brewery-guide http://kraftfest.com/2012/02/20/northern-ca-brewery-guide/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:09:11 +0000 pcherpack http://beerappreciation.com/?p=1149 You all know BeerAppreciation focuses on local breweries, local beers and is very pro Philly and the ‘burbs. That said, I have been fortunate enough to make a few brewery runs in the San Francisco Bay area (click here to see my “Brewery Life List – So far”) and the sheer number of breweries and [...]

]]> http://kraftfest.com/2012/02/20/northern-ca-brewery-guide/feed/ 0 Moonlight Brewing Shines with Passion in Santa Rosa http://kraftfest.com/2012/01/28/moonlight-brewing-shines-with-passion-in-santa-rosa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=moonlight-brewing-shines-with-passion-in-santa-rosa http://kraftfest.com/2012/01/28/moonlight-brewing-shines-with-passion-in-santa-rosa/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:14:40 +0000 pcherpack http://beerappreciation.com/?p=1129 Brian Hunt, the founder, brewer and inspiration (as well as keg filler, delivery man and just about everything else) of Moonlight Brewing jokingly asks his assistant Jeff: “How much product did we make today?” On cue Jeff shouted back “We don’t make product, we make beer”, and added an F-bomb for emphasis.
Brian wants us to [...]

]]> http://kraftfest.com/2012/01/28/moonlight-brewing-shines-with-passion-in-santa-rosa/feed/ 0 http://kraftfest.com/2012/01/25/hoppin-with-fal-at-anderson-valley-brewing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hoppin-with-fal-at-anderson-valley-brewing http://kraftfest.com/2012/01/25/hoppin-with-fal-at-anderson-valley-brewing/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:37:37 +0000 pcherpack http://beerappreciation.com/?p=1110 When I made the trip up to Boonville (about 2 and a half hours north of San Francisco) to visit the mythical Anderson Valley Brewing Company, I wasn

]]> http://kraftfest.com/2012/01/25/hoppin-with-fal-at-anderson-valley-brewing/feed/ 0 Bear Republic http://kraftfest.com/2012/01/20/bear-republic-racing-along-successfully-since-1995/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bear-republic-racing-along-successfully-since-1995 http://kraftfest.com/2012/01/20/bear-republic-racing-along-successfully-since-1995/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:01:26 +0000 pcherpack http://beerappreciation.com/?p=1064 Bar manager for 14 years at the Bear Republic brew pub in Healdsburg California, Ryan

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]]> http://kraftfest.com/2011/12/30/holiday-beer-appreciation-new-troegs-old-dogfish-home-brew/feed/ 0 Hop Harvest Touring in Oregon http://kraftfest.com/2011/11/13/hop-harvest-touring-in-oregon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hop-harvest-touring-in-oregon http://kraftfest.com/2011/11/13/hop-harvest-touring-in-oregon/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:23:00 +0000 pcherpack http://beerappreciation.com/?p=1047 The Oregon experience: Coffee, Beer, Cheese, Hops , Nature, Beer, Pacific Ocean crashing on Rocks, Hops,

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