It’s a happy, happy week for craft beer here in WNC! Local beer lovers, rejoice! Yes, Highland Brewing’s Cold Mountain Winter Ale is out and about. The first batch (there will be two this year) is hitting stores now in one-liter and 22-ounce bottles (find it at Green Life, Bruisin’ Ales, Hops & Vines, Earth Fare, ...

... to beer from Colorado snowpack Local beer's long, loving trip to LoDo starts with gorgeous Colorado water ... --The Denver Post People from around the world come to Colorado to make beer. Not for the hops or the grain. They come for the gorgeous water. The collision of Pacific- ... ale and lager. Colorado breweries (more than 100 of them) pump out more beer — 23,370,848 barrels in 2006 — than ...

... that I am in an airport is relevant? We are trying to understand the informational content of a local interaction—how do I even know that I am in an airport? Both the determination that I am in an airport and the determination that, ... in terms of the epistemological access of a potential agent. Consider a final example: local beer in a Turkish airport costs roughly the same as local beer ...

... changed.   Nancy was generous with the six OPB beer on tap... Nancy let me sample everything OPB had to offer, inlucing ... really, check out the photo... The Pub served up some good local brews, but it was still a dive.   This photo sums it ... home page.  Tasty... It was great, I got to experience the local beer culture in a place many would assume none existed.  ...

... , light craft beer is easy these days, you just have to know what you’re looking for. Let’s kick this off with some local beers first. If you live in and around Missoula or Western Montana, you’ll ... cases. Bayern Brewing’s Pilsner – Often overlooked on the light local beer scene because it comes in bottles instead of cans. But this is a great tasting light beer for ...

... nice benefit. Rather, I'm talking about a good gateway beer for those relatives and friends at your family's holiday gatherings ... my experience, it's also a style that tends not to intimidate craft beer novices, and it's a hearty pick for the cold- ... Mac Scottish Ale. Wee Mac is already a hit with local beer drinkers despite being available for only four months now. Here's hoping ...

... are a relatively close knit bunch. There isn’t a lot of rivalry going on between our four local brewpubs, which each serve a niche in the community. We have a strong homebrewing scene. Many local beer nuts seem to enjoy hanging out and drinking together — ... m. tonight (Wednesday 12/2) to help celebrate the release of local author Bob Phaff’s new travelogue, “ A guide to the ...

... think an important part of experiencing local cultures is drinking the local beer. In Chile there are many beers to choose from, ... of currency until it was replaced with the Chilean peso. Escudo is also a popular Chilean beer. Escudo is lager style beer. ... ice packs in the event you have no ice. If you find yourself on the Carretera and the local store has no ice, reach for the frozen vegetables! More ...

... holiday offering from the Oregon brewery. It was fun getting going on my Winter beer drinking by plowing through their 15 picks. The shirt (with my name on it) is just a bonus. Also of note in the local beer news... Diamond Bear has their Two Term Double ... not rest until I do! Well, I'll rest, but not comfortably. Here's some more beer linkage for ya: * Here's a great story on ...

... have to do with saving the world? More than you think. I recently sat down with local beer activist and sustainability expert Chris O’Brien to discuss drinking beer and saving the world. Chris is the Director of Sustainability at American University and author of  Fermenting Revolution: How to Drink Beer and Save the World (Giveaway!! Comment on this post by Nov. 30th ...