Appalachia • Craft Beer • Review • Road Trips
May 17, 2016
For one week each July, craft beer takes over Athens, Ohio. It’s Ohio Brew Week (OBW), and there’s no better time for a road trip. Ohio Brew Week was among the first of the now ubiquitous week-long craft beer celebrations that… Continue Reading…
March 31, 2016
Athens, Ohio — Last fall when the guys at Little Fish Brewing purchased a 930-gallon white oak foeder, their ultimate goal was to establish a sour beer program in the style of breweries in West Flanders, Belgium. On one level, a foeder… Continue Reading…
October 27, 2015
West Virginia has a bunch of solid brewers who live here and work at its 14 breweries. But the most highly regarded and highly honored brewer that currently resides in the Mountain State actually brews his beer in Maryland. I’m talking about Dan Maerzluft,… Continue Reading…
October 21, 2015
Before the beer flows out, the steel must go up. For evidence of this, look no farther than the expansion project now underway at Jackie O’s production brewery in Athens, Ohio. The expansion will add 6,800 sq. ft. of new production… Continue Reading…
October 19, 2015
At noon on Saturday, October 24, Little Fish Brewing Company will release the first bottles from its barrel-aging program. It’s accurate to say that anticipation is high for this event at the Athens, Ohio brewery, which just opened this past July. Bottles of three funky,… Continue Reading…
September 28, 2015
If you haven’t been over to Athens, Ohio, recently, it’s time to go again. A new brewery there is shaking up the craft beer scene that used to be the exclusive territory of Jackie O’s. Last July, former Jackie O’s critter-beer specialist, Sean White, and his microbiologist partner, Jimmy… Continue Reading…
July 17, 2015
Jackie O’s Brewery has completely maxed out the beer-making capacity of its Campbell Street production brewery, which only opened two and a half years ago in February 2013. A major brewery expansion there, to begin next month, should take care… Continue Reading…
