Jim Koch of The Boston Beer Company, the largest independently owned American craft brewery and maker of award-winning Samuel Adams beers, brings his national business expertise to the budding micro-brewers of Oceanside Ale Works in Oceanside, California. Mark Purciel, a former teacher, and Scott Thomas, a firefighter, initially started brewing hand-crafted ales as a hobby, [...]
A new show on Discover Channel called Brewmasters will feature Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewery. Premiering Sunday, November 21 at 9 PM on Discovery Channel, BREW MASTERS follows Sam and his partners as they travel the world sourcing exotic ingredients and discovering ancient techniques to produce beers of astounding originality.
At the August meeting, tickets were distributed for The Great Taste of the Midwest; we requested volunteers to work at the ABNormal booth at Bruegala on Aug. 27-28; Edwin presented several great sour beers; and Kevin presented a video about his Brewmaster Cuisinternship experience. See his video here…
By Kyle Karraker, Club Member San Francisco. Home of the Grateful Dead, Alcatraz and Anchor Brewing. Dana and I went out there a couple of years ago to visit my brother, take in the sites and find decent places to drink. Well, I went there to find decent places to drink. Our flight was delayed, [...]