It’s hard to believe, but today is the two year anniversary of this blog.
Man a lot has happened. I’ve met a ton of cool people, drank copious amounts of delicious beer, and even launched a business over at The Homebrew Academy.
To celebrate, I’m going to highlight the top posts from the blog. I didn’t celebrate the 1 year anniversary, which in a way is nice because it gives me 2 whole years of posts to choose from.
These are based on site stats, buzz in social media, and some of my favorites.
I hope you enjoy. Thanks to all my readers for making this thing fun and here’s to many more years of writing about the good stuff.
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Well, I’ve finally moved out of the Stone Age. I got a smartphone.
For being a pretty tech-savvy guy, it’s surprising that it took me this long to ditch the mini-fridge. I wish I did it sooner because this Galaxy Nexus is sweeeet.
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You drink good beer, now it’s time to decorate your house with it. So take down that blinking neon Busch Light sign and put up something classy.
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Every now and then I do a contest for my newsletter readers where I ask them a question and the randomly selected winner gets a box of my homebrew mailed to them.
About a month ago we did a contest where I asked – “What are you drinking for Thanksgiving?”
It was still October so I wasn’t sure what the response would be. Would people have put any thought into what they’re drinking a month from now?
Rule #1 – Never doubt the resolve of craft beer drinkers.
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Have you heard about the tweeting, beer dispensing vending machine named Arnie?
In short, it’s for the employees of the Arnold advertising agency in Boston. Talk about a pleasant work environment.
As a beer geek, I wanted to find out more about the brews this thing is popping out. Below is a Q&A with Greg Murphy, the self described Social Media Manager and Resident Brew Master at Arnold Worldwide.
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The Great American Beer Festival came to an end last weekend, and now that the fog has cleared I can recount the past week’s events.
This was my second GABF and this year managed to outdo last year.
If you haven’t had the chance to attend a GABF, it’s as much about the events outside the festival as it is the festival itself.
Here are my highlights:
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Last year was my first Great American Beer Festival. What’s the most important thing I learned? Get yourself a strategy.
I THOUGHT I had a strategy last year – “Yea I’ll check out Dogfish, maybe see what Pizza Port is serving, yada yada yada….”
Didn’t work. After a few beers and being caught up in the excitement, my plan went down the shitter and I was playing GABF whack a mole.
This year will be different.
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Important September events:
- The Great American Beer Festival
- The arrival of wet hop beers
- My 27th birthday
We’ll focus on #1 today, talk about #2 later this month, and totally forget about #3 because honestly who cares after you turn 21.
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725 – that is the number of new breweries in planning according to a recent Brewers Association press release.
It’s an 86% increase over last year’s figure. All of this growth in craft brewing begs the question – how will these breweries compete for the same craft beer drinker’s dollar?
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A Brew on Premise is an interesting business model. It’s essentially homebrewing away from home.
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