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Untamed Maibock Takes Second at the Upstate Brewer’s Cup
All that’s left in the world of my second place Maibock. I’ve never really liked having the spotlight on me. Some of the earliest home movies of me are in front of a birthday cake as a three-year-old...
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An Epic Meal of Simplicity: Meat, Cheese and Beer
Wine and cheese is so 20th Century. Beer and cheese is a vastly underrated pairing. Wine is the classic choice to pair with cheese, but beer may actually be a better match. The carbonation in beer in...
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5 tips for creating all-grain homebrew recipes
My first brew day, January 7, 2007. From a rookie… I’ve been homebrewing now for over five years. My beer has come a long way since the days of pouring extract syrup into a 2.5 gallon stock pot that...
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A Perennial Favorite: Samuel Adams Octoberfest
This past Sunday, I walked into Publix on a mission for tortilla chips to go with a quick guacamole that I whipped up while Nicole was brewing her batch of stout she’s going to bring to the Charlotte...
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Panel Discussion at Euphoria Beer Garden on September 22
Euphoria is a four-day food, drink and music event stretching from Thursday, September 20 to Sunday, September 23. I hesitate to call it a “festival” because it’s more a series of tastings, meals and...
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Homebrewers Star at the Charlotte Oktoberfest
Brewtopians beer in transit to Charlotte. Now THAT’S a nanobrewery! I’ve had the opportunity to pour beer for Thomas Creek and Mother Earth at a beer festival before, and I always tell people it’s much...
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Greenville gets a taste of rare beer with two upcoming festivals in 2013
Yo Greenville, check your stats: One production brewery, two more on the way One Brewpub Five specialty craft beer stores Two outstanding craft beer bars Three craft beer festivals If you’re keeping...
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Belgian Vertical Tasting with Chimay Blue & Unibroue
If you’ve got the money, honey, I’ve got the time. – Willie Nelson I did my first-ever vertical beer tasting at the Charleston Beer Exchange with Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine in January 2009....
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The Community Tap Craft Beer Festival Tickets On Sale
Tickets for The Community Tap Craft Beer Festival on April 13, 2013 are now on sale. This is going to be a small, intimate festival with only 400 tickets available. There are sure to be rarities,...
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You’ll Always Remember Your First (Marathon)
Setting the stage. My training for the 2012 Kiawah Island Marathon began in August of 2006. While most people need 16 to 20 weeks to train for a marathon, I needed six years and four months. Back in...
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How I Celebrated My 6th Brewing Anniversary
Today is the sixth anniversary of my brewing obsession. On January 7, 2007, I brewed my first batch of beer, an extract Red Ale kit I bought from Bet-Mar Liquid Hobby Shop in Columbia, SC. It wasn’t a...
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Budweiser Black Crown: Everyman’s Golden Amber Lager
I don’t often rant on my blog. I prefer to focus on the positive aspects of beer and brewing. There’s enough negativity on the interwebs for all of us 10 times over. However, an announcement from...
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2012 Sam Adams Utopias vs. 2009 BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin
2012 Samuel Adams Utopias on display upon our arrival. In 2009, BrewDog (Scotland) threw down the gauntlet to brew the highest ABV beer on the planet. They launched the Tactical Nuclear Penguin (32%...
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Dark Corner Lewis Redmond Bourbon: Batch 1 vs Batch 3
Dark Corner Distillery’s Lewis Redmond Bourbon It’s not often in life that a small, craft distillery pops up in your town, and you have the opportunity to sample batches of hand-crafted bourbon as it...
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Riverbend Malt House Seeks to Create a Truly Southern Beer Style
The Banana Room at Riverbend Malt House, where the process starts. “Support Your Local Brewery” is the refrain of the Brewers Association. While we can all do our best to support local businesses,...
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2013 Upstate Brewtopians Oyster Roast – March 2
The 2013 Upstate Brewtopians Oyster Roast is only two weeks away! On March 2, our Upstate homebrew club will hold its annual charity auction and oyster roast starting at 2 pm. This event is always the...
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South Carolina’s Brewery Pint Bill H.3554
Did you know there is a bill before the South Carolina legislature that, if passed, will allow breweries to sell up to four pints of beer directly to a customer? In fact, there is! 2013-2014 H.3554 was...
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Greenville, I Bestow Upon You a Brewing Quest
Thomas Creek and Blueridge Brewing have been the only kids in Greenville’s beer family for the past 15 years. Those teenagers are about to get a baby brother. Don Richardson and Andrew Watts are set...
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Homebrewer Turned Vintner
Back on January 7, I wrote about the first batch of wine I made to celebrate my brewing anniversary. To summarize the experience, it was very simple. After brewing for six years, making wine is...
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Community Tap Beer Fest Signals Greenville’s Arrival
Margaret and Brian bask in the glow of homebrew glory among the pros. Asheville has Brewgrass. Charleston has Brewvival. Greenville now has the Community Tap Beer Fest. With an established brewery...
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