Archive for 'Brewery'

Weyerbacher Brewing Company

I recently paid a visit to Weyerbacher Brewing Company in Easton, PA to check out their brewery tour. I was very pleasantly surprised to find out that they give out free samples of their beer on Saturdays 12-3pm! Sweet!

Front Street Brewery, and the end of an NC beer journey

The final leg of our road trip through North Carolina included a stopover at Front Street Brewery, located in historic downtown Wilmington, right next to the beautiful Cape Fear River.

Pisgah Brewing – certified organic, certified awesome

Some of the best beers we had on our North Carolina vacation was at Pisgah Brewing Company in Black Mountain, NC, about 10 miles east of Asheville. Pisgah’s beers are 100% certified organic, and fantastically delicious to boot!

Aviator Brewing Company

The second brewery stop on our North Carolina beer tour was Aviator Brewing Company in Fuquay-Varina, a town about 30 minutes from Raleigh.

Fullsteam Brewery – southern hospitality at its finest

This month, my husband Tim and I took a fantastically beer-filled road trip through North Carolina. We toured breweries, talked to loads of people, and took in the sights all along the way.

I shoveled out a mash tun… My life is complete

I’ve mentioned before that my husband Tim and I are planning to open a brewpub. So imagine our delight when we were invited by the head brewer, Vince, of Iron Hill North Wales to come in and brew with him! In fact, “delight” isn’t really the right word for it. We were friggin’ bouncing off [...]

Victory!

Ahhh, Victory Brewing Company. One of my absolute faves. A beacon of light for beer lovers in the state of Pennsylvania, nay, in the whole of the US!

Dry Dock — a fantabulous brewing two-fer

Last weekend, I had the ultimate pleasure of taking a ski trip out to beautiful Vail, Colorado. This was my third trip out west, and believe me, no visit to Colorado is complete without checking out the Denver beer scene. (Just ask Denver resident and fellow Hop Press dude PJ, whom I finally got to [...]

Interview with Brian O’Reilly – Sly Fox brewmaster

Last Friday, I got the chance to meet with Brian O’Reilly, brewmaster of Sly Fox Brewery, a brewery staple in the southeast Pennsylvania craft beer scene.

Sly Fox Hop Project 2009

This past Friday was the annual Hop Project Day at Sly Fox Brewery in Phoenixville, PA, in celebration of their 14th anniversary! Throughout the year, they brew eleven single hopped beers (this year, it was pale ale). Then in December, they release their Odyssey Imperial IPA brewed with all eleven hop varieties, tapped alongside all [...]