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.
January 8, 2018
How do you hold onto the title of the area’s best brewery, year after year. You work at it; that’s how. Jackie O’s Brewery of Athens, Ohio, has to be the sharpest brewery in our shed when it comes to special… Continue Reading…
October 23, 2017
Hops & Heat has evolved into a really sweet little craft beer festival. Put on as a fundraiser for Charleston Main Street’s East End programs, it’s hard to think of a more entertaining neighborhood festival than this.
October 9, 2017
Featuring everything from actual weddings and a Miss Oktoberfest contest to $10 bourbon flights, tie-dyed T-shirt vendors, and free tattoos, Oktoberfest Pipestem surely reigns as the most eclectic Oktoberfest celebration held anywhere in West Virginia. The fest took place on… Continue Reading…
