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New beergeek.TV Episode - One Ounce at a Time

“One Ounce at a Time” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time. Despite our whining about the one ounce pours, the Great American Beer Festival member’s session is now a highlight of our beer year. Beyond the vast beer choices, GABF is the one time of year where most of our beer friends from around the country gather in one place. Good beer, good friends… that’s what it’s all about.… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on November 18, 2009 at 9:49am — No Comments

Our Maine Travel Report

Our trip to Maine was the last of three successive quickie beer trips. Centered on Portland, Maine's largest city and brewing center, we also managed visits to breweries in small town Maine during our short visit. In our two day visit, we experienced Maine's craft beer pioneers such as Geary's and the Great Lost Bear plus the newcomers Novare Res Bier Café and Maine Beer Company. And we ate a lot of lobster too. We both reached the 500 brewery mark on the trip. Chris added eight breweries (503… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on October 26, 2009 at 1:16pm — No Comments

New beergeek.TV Episode - Three Days in the Big Apple

“Three Days in the Big Apple” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time. This was our first trip to New York City. We always try to maximize the experiences in our beer travels but, even for us, the list for this trip was ambitious. We had 32 beer places to visit and only three days to do it. Turns out, the number wasn’t our biggest obstacle to reaching our goal. So enjoy our f… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on October 12, 2009 at 2:59pm — No Comments

Our New York City Travel Report

We survived our first visit to the Big Apple. And I do mean "survived." It was a great time. We met a lot of nice people and drank a lot of tasty beers that we don't get out here in California. There was just one problem: the weather. It dominated the whole trip. We used to dread rain when we were on our beer travels. Now, we know there is a bigger nemesis, humidity. We arrived in New York City with a list of 32 beer places to visit. We knew we weren't going to reach them all but it was fun t… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on August 28, 2009 at 9:38am — No Comments

New beergeek.TV Episode - Three Cities, Three Styles

“Three Cities, Three Styles” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time. We are firm believers in beer needing to be tried in context of its culture. “Three Cities, Three Styles” was born out of this belief. We visited three German cities, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Cologne, that each has it’s own unique style of beer. Over three days, we got to experience each beer style in the place of its birth. That is something special.… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on August 18, 2009 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Crack That Whip!

Here is the second bonus video from our German trip. From the Trachtentag at the Hirschgarten in Munich. This is "Goaßlschnoizen" a Bavarian custom... an accordion accompanied by horse whips. Crack That Whip!

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Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on August 8, 2009 at 9:54am — No Comments

Our German Travel Report

We really like Germany. This was our ninth trip to Germany, tying it with Ireland for our most traveled foreign land. But this trip we tried to do something different. After a few days in Munich getting acclimated to Europe, we embarked on a "City with a Beer Style" tour. We visited three cities that have their own beer style: Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Köln. We tried to experience as much of each city's beer culture in our time there as we could. We quaffed Export in Dortmund, Altbier in Düsse… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on July 31, 2009 at 9:19am — No Comments

New beergeek.TV Episode - Ales of Wales

“Ales of Wales” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time. We didn’t know what to expect from our journey to Wales. It was only a friend’s off-handed comment that brought us across the Irish Sea in the first place. With a little research, we learned several things about Wales; they have a strange language, there is a really tall mountain and, most importantly, there is a burgeoning craft beer movement brewing real ale.… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on June 25, 2009 at 5:04pm — No Comments

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp

Beer camp is over and here are the photos... http://www.thebeergeek.com/gallery/beercamp

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Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on June 13, 2009 at 9:16am — 1 Comment

Profile of Us in the San Jose Mercury News

This article will be in the travel section of this Sunday's San Jose Mercury News: The Beer Tourists Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on May 28, 2009 at 4:25pm — No Comments

Monterey Beer Week

Monterey Beer Festival is less than three weeks away. It's going to be a great day! We wanted you to know about a few other beer events happening that week: June 3rd: Strange Brew at the Forest Theater in Carmel VIP Beer Reception 7:00 - Movie begins ~ 8:30pm Tickets $10 -includes movie and two draft beers- Buy VIP Tickets here: http://www.thebeergeek.com/blog/?p=203 [Note: VIP Beer Reception Tickets will NOT be sold at the door. Pre-s… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on May 17, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

New beergeek.TV Episode - Those Crafty Irish

“Those Crafty Irish” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time. This was our ninth trip to the Emerald Isle and she continues to be one of our favorite countries to visit. Throughout our trip, we focused on Irish Craft Beer, including ending our trip by attending the Easter Beer Festival in Cork. Over the years, we have met and befriended a number of people in the Irish craft beer community and this episode is really about their efforts to promote good bee… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on May 1, 2009 at 9:37am — No Comments

Ireland and Wales

We just returned from Ireland and Wales. It was our ninth trip to the Emerald Isle and our first to Wales. Ireland continues to be one of our favorite countries to visit, mainly because of our increasing circle of friends in the beer community. In our decade of traveling there, we have seen the craft beer community grow and we have felt somewhat a part of it. Wales was uncharted waters for us. We encountered some hurdles in our beer travels but the beer we drank and the people we met were wond… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on April 21, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

New beergeek.TV Episode - 2009 SF Beer Week

2009 SF Beer Week is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time. SF Beer Week was a ten-day celebration of the Bay Area’s brewing heritage, and a showcase for the breweries and beer culture of Northern California. From the North Bay to Monterey, beer fans gathered at all kinds of beer related events to celebrate “America’s Original Craft Beer Drinking City”. From the anchoring even… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on March 8, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Profile of us in the SF Chronicle

This story appeared in todays San Francisco Chronicle... Monterey couple's travels center on pints, pubs Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on February 27, 2009 at 8:25am — No Comments

Profile of us on GoNomad.com

Read a profile of us on the travel website GoNomad.com Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on February 18, 2009 at 5:56pm — No Comments

New beergeek.TV Episode - Philly Beer Week

“Philly Beer Week” is the latest Year in Beer episode of One Pint at a Time. ‘Latest’ is somewhat misleading as we filmed this episode almost a year ago at the inaugural event. We were thankful for the opportunity provided by the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation to visit “America’s Best Beer Drinking City” in March 2008. With a group of other beer writers,… Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on February 11, 2009 at 10:14am — No Comments

A Toast for Bill Brand

If you haven't heard yet, Bill Brand, Bay Area beer writer and friend, is in critical condition after being hit by a Muni train last night in San Francisco. To help in his speedy recovery, there will be a mass toast to Bill tonight at 7pm PST. Please join in and spread the word. The story can be read on his blog: http://www.ibabuzz.com/bottomsup/2009/02/09/pulling-for-bill-brand/ Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on February 9, 2009 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Local News Story

Here is clip that appeared on the local news Saturday night about us and SF Beer Week. http://www.kcba.com/Global/story.asp?S=9807266 Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on February 9, 2009 at 11:43am — No Comments

Our Interview on Dave FM

If you didn’t wake up to listen to our interview this morning on Dave FM in Ontario, here it is… http://www.thebeergeek.com/blog/?p=178 Continue

Added by Chris of thebeergeek.com on January 31, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

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