In April, the first ever Slow Fest was held in Boston, MA. Put on by Dig Publishing (the folks who publish Beer Advocate Magazine), Slow Fest was a celebration of low alcohol beers (under 5% alcohol by volume or ABV). As a big “session beer” fan (a term used to describe lower alcohol beers) I [...]

In this quick episode, I take a trip out to Boston for the night to check out the East Coast’s largest craft beer event – the American Craft Beer Fest. With over 80 breweries and 400+ beers available to sample, the fest is well equipped to handle the 12,000 attendees that will pass through in [...]

We are happy to say that the first ever Brattleboro Brewers Festival was this past weekend and it was a great time. 40 breweries were represented, with many brewmasters and owners actually coming out to show their support and pour. Big breweries and small came together with great music from local favorites Peter Miles and [...]

I am excited to announce the first annual Brattleboro Brewers Festival and Pub Crawl on May 21st and 22nd is taking place in our hometown of Brattleboro, VT.  This is no doubt going to be a killer event with 40 breweries, live music, great food, and an education tent sponsored by hereforthebeer.com We think perhaps [...]

The sixth annual Brewers Plate event was held for the first time at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Standing in the shadows of Franklin Field, brewers and restaurateurs from throughout the Philadelphia region came together in the name of craft beer and in support of the non-profit Fair Food. The gala [...]

All About Beer Magazine and Beer Advocate hosted The Inaugural Denver Rare Beer Tasting at the 2009 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO as a fundraiser for Pints for Prostates.  This amazing event required a special ticket and was held at the Wynkoop Brewing Company.  This fundraiser had and “A list” of Breweries large [...]

This video is an overview of the 2009 Great American Beer Festival.  This 28th Annual Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO was an amazing and well organized event.  With over 49,000 attendees this year, surprisingly the floor never felt all that crowded.  This was our first time at the GABF, but we are guessing [...]

Saturday was yet another awesome day. Starting with brunch at Marlow’s for the  announcement of the winners of the Samuel Adams Longshot American Homebrew Contest.   The winners were Michael Robinson’s Old Ale, Ben Miller’s Barelywine and Jeremy White’s Lemon Pepper Saison.  Try these winners beers in the Samuel Adam’s Longshot Six-Pack which will be available [...]

So after a crazy first night and an adventure filled second day, we trekked out for day 3 in Denver.  Friday started out with another killer food and beer pairing luncheon, where we sampled dishes like Buffalo Carpaccio with Avacado Tile and Cajun BBQ Shrimp with Fresh Corn Grits, paired with great beers like Del [...]

Day 2 in Denver was full of adventure. The day started with some serious hydrating and resting from our first day in Denver. We took a stroll through the city, got registered with the Brewers Association and stopped at our first event hosted by Michelob at Earls Restaurant and Bar. This event was well executed [...]

After a very long day of travel we finally arrived in Denver.  The energy here is through the roof.  We started our adventure at the Wynkoop Brewing Company, where the GABF hosted a Welcome Gathering for Brewers.  We enjoyed wall to wall beer and food.  We had a chance to sample some great beers like: [...]

In this episode we venture north to Harpoon Brewery to check out the Harpoon Championships of New England BBQ competition.  We enjoyed some great barbecue, great beer and live music all outside on a beautiful Vermont summer day. This family friendly event offered all of Harpoons standard beers and all of their craft brew soda’s [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]