Today is National Beer Can Appreciation Day. Apparently canned beer was born on this day in 1935 in Richmond, Virginia (so says Wikipedia). So the beer can is 81 years old today. I celebrated by drinking a stout in a can. I enjoyed a Silverback Stout from The Unknown Brewing Company in Charlotte, NC. YouContinue reading “A CANniversary!”
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Support your Local Brewers and Bottleshops
As I sit here enjoying my Miller’s Toll imperial stout from Raleigh Brewing, I’m thinking about our local beer economy. The proliferation of local brewers and bottleshops is both fantastic and concerning. It’s great that we have more choices and more opportunities to sample our local brewmasters creations but at the same time, as inContinue reading “Support your Local Brewers and Bottleshops”
Back to Black
In my last post, I reviewed my taste testing of Vermont DIPAs. While that was enjoyable, I’m happy to get back to the Stout world. I came back with a bang: I sampled Alesmith’s Hawaiian Speedway Stout and Vietnamese Coffee Speedway Stout at a local Bottleshop (thanks Wine and Beer 101- Raleigh!). They poured 8Continue reading “Back to Black”
Something different….
I’m usually all about Stouts, but my business travels have taken me to Burlington, Vermont over the past couple of years. Aside from being an incredibly beautiful place, Vermont is also a beer mecca and Burlington is right in the middle of the action. I was able to visit the hallowed Beverage Warehouse in Winooski,Continue reading “Something different….”
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