Go To Jester King Brewery By Eric Sturniolo Photos by Annie Shustrin and Eric Sturniolo When in Austin, eat tacos, eat breakfast tacos, eat BBQ, and go to Jester King Brewery. About a 30 minute drive southwest of Downtown Austin, into the Texas Hill Country, sits Jester King. Founded in 2010, Jester King focuses on…
Hudson Valley Breweries in 6 Easy Steps By Eric Sturniolo We live in the golden age of New York City beer, but don’t forget there’s lot of great stuff being brewed just north of us in the Hudson Valley. Here are 6 easy steps to help you on your Hudson Valley beer adventure: Step 1:…
Logsdon Farmhouse Ales By: Eric Sturniolo We like beer. And farms, apparently. On my trip to Portland, Oregon, I was lucky to visit Logsdon Farmhouse Ales in Hood River, about an hour and fifteen minute drive east of Portland. It’s reminiscent of the more famous Hill Farmstead Brewery in Vermont. Both are small (really small),…
What’s Brewing: Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog By Eric Sturniolo On my trip to Portland (read about it here), I fell in love. Hard. With Hair of the Dog Brewery. Alan Sprints opened HotD in 1993, and quickly became a pioneer in the old world, barrel-aged process. The beer is amazing, and unlike…
Mike: Belgians. It can be assumed that they invented Belgian chocolate, which is absolutely delicious. And the name implies that they also invented Belgian waffles, which kick Eggos to the curb. But their best creation? Belgian beer. The carbonation, the qualities of their yeast, the flavors they produce from four or five ingredients. They are…
Our Desert Island Beers Andrew – Heady Topper, The Alchemist, Waterbury, VT I almost didn’t want to pick this beer because I wanted to be more “original” with my choice, but it’s the beer that gave me the idea to do this post in the first place. I was drinking a can of this super…
A few years ago, I was up in Southwest Harbor in Downeast Maine grabbing some beers from the Liquor Locker. The kind dude behind the counter mentioned a tasting going on later that week, so I showed up to see what he was laying down. That’s when I first had Peeper by Maine Beer Company.…
By Eric Sturniolo Simply put, Portland is beer heaven. Tons of breweries, great bars and bottle shops, local and inventive food, and mountains, hiking, parks, and hot springs. If you head west, use this as a guide to squeeze every last drop of beer from the city. I went straight from the airport to Apex,…
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