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National Home Brew Day 2009

04 May 2009

Winner! 2009 AHA Big Brew Day video contest! 1st Place - Most Viewed Video (8,700 and counting) 1st Place - Spirit of Big Brew Thank you so much to the Masholes for hosting us and working with us on this project. If you are in western Massachusetts and interested in home brewing - hook up with [...]

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Cask Night at the Craft Brewers Conference 2009

01 May 2009

In this episode, we are at Cask Night hosted by Harpoon Brewery in Boston, MA. Cask Night was the last of the many hospitality events offered at the Craft Brewers Conference. This event featured 60 different cask conditioned beers, some that have never been brewed before and others that were making there premier, such as [...]

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Craft Brewers Conference - Boston, MA

29 April 2009

In this episode, we head to the Craft Brewers Conference and Trade Show in Boston, Massachusetts. This amazing conference with over 2000 attendees is run by the Brewers Association. Check out this video from the conference that features Trade Show floor. This conference was unlike any other we had ever been to. The most noticeable [...]

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I am (not) a craft brewer - but they are…

23 April 2009

We were lucky enough to be able to attend the Craft Brewers Conference in Boston this year. We have been getting a ton of great footage and will have a few fun episodes coming out soon from here. In the interim we wanted to share this, a cool montage, shot for the keynote address which was [...]

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Terrapin Beer Company - Athens, Georgia

22 April 2009

In this episode, we head to Terrapin Beer Company in Athens, GA. We meet with owners and co-founders John Cochran and Brian “Spike” Buckowski, who is also the head brewer. We were lucky enough to be there on a Saturday evening, just in time to enjoy their beer tasting and tour. I must admit [...]

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Classic City Brew Fest - Athens, Georgia 2009

16 April 2009

While visiting Georgia for an innkeeping conference, we were invited to the Classic City Brew Fest in Athens. This event is put together by Owen Ogletree, BJCP National Beer Judge and columnist for Southern Brew News and Athens Magazine. The event is a charity fund raiser for the Athens Area Humane Society. We really enjoyed [...]

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People’s Pint - Greenfield Massachusetts

09 April 2009

In this episode we speak to Jeremy Krusas, Head Brewer at the People’s Pint in Greenfield, Massachusetts. Jeremy explains his inspiring story of how he became the Brewmaster at the People’s Pint. We take a look inside the brewery and than the Pub. Tim and I frequent the People’s Pint about once a month as [...]

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Northampton Brewery Grand Re-Opening - Northampton, MA

01 April 2009

The Northampton Brewery in Northampton, Massachusetts opened its doors in 1987, making them one of if not the first microbrewery in New England. Now over 20 years later they are celebrating their Grand Re-Opening. After 20 years of wear and tear it was time to give the Northampton Brewery a face lift. In the video [...]

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Dogfish Head 75 Minute IPA Simul-Cask at the Sierra Grille Northampton MA

27 March 2009

We attended the Dogfish Head 75 Minute Simul-Cask aka Johnny Cask at The Sierra Grille in Northampton, MA. At precisely 7:50pm the beer began pouring. The 75 Minute IPA is a mixture of the ever so popular Dogfish Head 60 and 90 Minute IPAs with a special whole leaf cascade dry-hopping session. After hopping, the [...]

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Tim and Tom Talk Trappist

18 March 2009

In this episode we meet with Tom Bedell, who has been writing about beer (and golf) since 1985. Tim and Tom sit down to talk about Trappist Ales, at a local Brattleboro bar, Windham Wines. Tom toured all of the Trappist Monastery’s in Belgium and gives us some insight as to what makes these breweries [...]

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