January 7, 2019
While I’m tickled pink over the progress made by our West Virginia brewing community, that doesn’t mean everything is hunky dory. In a break from Brilliant Stream’s normal promotion of all the good things about WV beer, today the focus… Continue Reading…
August 23, 2018
Wheeling’s Mountaineer Brewfest takes a back seat to no other festival in West Virginia when it comes to supporting local charities. The festival raised an amazing $20,000 last Saturday for the Upper Ohio Valley Sexual Assault Help Center, Inc. In… Continue Reading…
August 2, 2018
Since someone declared this National IPA Day (#IPAday), it seemed like a perfect time to take a look at a few of West Virginia’s premier contemporary examples of the style. While West Virginia brewers have been producing various IPA-style beers… Continue Reading…
May 10, 2018
In America’s rapidly changing beer landscape, breweries often pop up at rate very hard to keep up with. Areas, which just a decade ago had only a handful of breweries, are being transformed into attractive beer destinations. Pennsylvania’s Cumberland Valley… Continue Reading…
February 20, 2018
When I got the news that Lost River Brewing Company closed at the end of January, it started me thinking. Although I only visited there a few times during its roughly nine years of existence, I liked the place. I think… Continue Reading…
February 13, 2018
Last Saturday’s Cabin Fever Craft Beer Fest in Morgantown was not a festival dominated by large national or regional craft beer breweries. In fact, they were non-existent. How impressive it was that over 1,500 people came out to support an… Continue Reading…
February 12, 2018
Last Friday’s in-your-face sour beer festival in Huntington gave local beer fans all they could ask for. If you need evidence that West Virginia’s beer festival scene is maturing, this is it.
