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September 10, 2015

BrewDog 3: BrewDoggier

I have a soft spot for BrewDog, those punky craft brewers from Scotland. I was thrilled when they started exporting […]

July 30, 2015

How the story gose

An effect of the craft beer revolution has been the revitalization and popularization of ancient, little known styles. Recently gose, […]

July 23, 2015

Mad Capper Reviews: Chimay Blue

Brewing in monasteries is a practice that dates back to the Middle Ages. As noted before, some monks brewed to […]

July 22, 2015

Remembering a Night to Remember

As I talked about last week, I poured at a local beer festival this past Sunday. It was a fantastic […]

July 17, 2015

Mad Capper Reviews: North Coast Old Rasputin

Taking its name from the enigmatic spiritual advisor and supposed faith healer for the House of Romanov, Old Rasputin from […]

July 16, 2015

A Night To Remember

In Japan a trip to a beer festival can be a great way to both get your hands on hard […]

July 10, 2015

Mad Capper Reviews: Lagunitas Olde GnarlyWine

Our beer this week comes from a brewery that has played an important role in  popularizing craft beer in the […]

July 8, 2015

A Pleasant Fiction Beer Company

Last month I started work as a “Beer Smith” aka bartender at Fiction Beer Company, one of the many local […]

July 3, 2015

Mad Capper Reviews: Kaiserdom Kellerbier

The region of Upper Franconia in northern Bavaria, Germany has the highest number of breweries per capita in the world […]

July 1, 2015

In Defense of Malt

I have never hid my love of hops. The complex aromas and flavors that waft off of a good hoppy […]