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Archives for January 2016

Hopping Around Fredericksburg.. with a visit to a Lake Wobegon Brewery

January 28, 2016 by Tupper Leave a Comment

Hopping Around Fredericksburg.. with a visit to a Lake Wobegon Brewery

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John Ritenour and Mariah Gavin brew a range of tasty beers at Spencer Devon Brewing.

January 28, 2016  Post 0010.   We’re using Thursday posts for a while to chronicle first rate beer destinations in our metaphorical back yard.  There isn’t a section of the country that doesn’t sport breweries similar to the ones we celebrate here; we’ll hop farther afield as we’re able.   Today, we visit Fredericksburg, Virginia, home to several breweries, a fine beer bar, and a scenic old town to savor.   The breweries epitomize the new generation of start-ups, with a delightful range of experiences.
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A Long Walk on the Wild Side

January 25, 2016 by Tupper Leave a Comment

A Long Walk on the Wild Side

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January 25, 2016  #009  We’re old enough to remember when all but a handful of breweries in the world waged constant and unrelenting war against Brettanomyces, a yeast that can impart a sharp acidic accent to the beer it ferments.  We’re amused, and often grateful, to have lived long enough to see the maligned yeast become a microbiological rock star. 
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Local Dreams Come True

January 21, 2016 by Tupper Leave a Comment

Local Dreams Come True
Brewmasters at both GB and RB host frequent events and tappings.

Brewmasters at both GB and RB host frequent events and tappings.

January 21, 2016 Every real ale drinker in England has a “local”—a Cheers-like home away from home. The beer only has to be good enough – it’s the welcome and the sense of belonging that’s the big draw.  Michael Jackson’s was the Ardmore Arms—certainly not the most elegant bar in London nor the one with the widest selection.  But a dependable, well-kept pint of Fuller’s was good enough for the greatest beer hunter of all time, and, truthfully, we think the pint of DC Brau or Port City that is increasingly easy to find today is better than that. 
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Hopping Around Everywhere: BrewDog’s Global Empire Heralds Increasing Global Craft Competition

January 18, 2016 by Tupper Leave a Comment

Hopping Around Everywhere: BrewDog’s Global Empire Heralds Increasing Global Craft Competition

January 18, 2016.  BrewDog’s new American brewery shouldn’t, we suppose, be a surprise.  BrewDog has been one of several truly avant garde brewers for the last several years.  But BrewDog has managed successfully to maintain an “in yer face” adventure in brewing with a remarkably successful empire of pub outlets.  Our first – and still one of the best—BrewDog was their outlet on Argyll Street in Glasgow’s West End. 
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Hopping Around Here: Many Hoppy Returns for Eastern Farmers—and a gem from Utica.

January 14, 2016 by Tupper Leave a Comment

January 14, 2016  Recent beer geeks associate hops with the Pacific Northwest.   Old timers know that hops were once a big part of the economy of eastern states.   While we’re deeply grateful for all that our West Coast friends have done to protect and develop our favorite plant, we’re delighted to see a resurgence in Eastern hopping as well.  Some of the resulting beers manifest a flavor unlike any coming from the west coast or the South Pacific.
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What’s New Inside

 Gold Metal Winning Tuppers’ Hop Pocket Ale Returns!

Join us at Dynasty Brewing on July 17 between 3PM and 8PM to savor the first batch of Tuppers’ Hop Pocket Ale in almost five years.  We’ll be there signing books at a huge discount and the brewery will be pouring the beer that was created to be “Hoppy enough for Bob and balanced enough for Ellie.”

It hasn’t been easy to resurrect Tuppers’ Hop Pocket Ale, winner of a gold metal at the GBBF in the ’90s when well hopped beers were rare and almost non-existent in the east.  We’ve collaborated with Dynasty’s head brewer Favio Garcia, the brewer who produced the last batch of Tuppers’ Hop Pocket at Old Dominion to reproduce an authentic version of the original.    Dynasty is in Ashburn, Virginia– almost within walking distance of the Old Dominion brewery that brewed the first batch just over 25 years ago.

NOW PLAYING: on Beer of the Day—  Some great beers in the San Francisco Bay area.  Scroll down below this entry to find the featured beer of the day.   >>>>>

Later — in July we resume some great weekend destinations for beer travelers that we’ve found researching our guide to breweries and inns of the Mid Atlantic.  Whether you’re looking for a turn of the (20th) century 100 year old quaint and slightly rickety hotel, an engaging B&B or a magnificent survivor of the great era of railroad hotels, we’ve found hem– within walking distance of a brewery.   We’ll present more previews of the book’s best here rolling up to Pennsylvania before we’re through.

 

 

 

Beer of the Day

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 At Pub 27 in Pompeii

Far From India: India Pale Ales in the 21st Century.

Date:  March, 2019

The Story—

The Beer—

Value —

Values:  “fair” is a good beer at an above market price, “good” is worth the money, “very good” is a bargain, and “excellent” is a steal.

In mid-March we’re taking a look at the incredible variety of IPAs.   The style is by far the biggest seller among craft beers in the US and probably in Europe as well.   Even century-old breweries in Reinheitsgebot-narrowed Germany are brewing IPAs (if the brewer calls it “ale” it doesn’t have to conform to the strict purity law).   But you have to ask these days: What is an IPA”?  We’ll take a look at almost a dozen recognized and semi-recognized styles of IPAs in the next couple of weeks.

 We’re often asked to share our tasting notes on over 33,000 beers; this blog is in answer to those requests.   Not all our notes, though.  The great beer writer Michael Jackson admirably followed the Thumper Rule, and we’ll try to do the same.  (“If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nuthin’ at all.”)   All the beers we post are from the top half of our ratings and most are from the top quarter.   Of greater value, we think, are the stories behind the beers,   and we try to give you enough about the brewery, the style and the places to find great beer to help you on your own beer journeys.   At CulturAle Press we try to write books and publish posts that will help you “Drink Well and Travel Safely.”

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