Welcome to Nashville, Rhinegeist!

It seems like breweries are launching in Nashville and it’s hard to keep up. We gave up trying. But every once and a while a brewery gets our attention because we’re already big fans. Friends, Rhinegeist of Cincinnati is coming to Middle TN. We love Rhinesgeist! Anytime we travel through Ohio, Indiana or Kentucky, which … Read more

Founders Brewing Azacca IPA

We don’t pass on a lot of press releases, but this one is exciting. Founders is doing some good things these days. Lots of tasty beer coming out of Grand Rapids. December 1, 2015) – Founders Brewing Co. has announced today that it will introduce Azacca IPA, an IPA using just one, relatively new, experimental … Read more

Welcome to Tennessee, Devils Backbone!

I am no road warrior. I rarely travel for work but enjoy it when I do. The best part of business travel is getting to taste local beers wherever I go. Two years ago I had to visit a client in Beckley, WV, a city better known for its exhibition coal mine than craft beer. … Read more

Session IPA

Hang out with beer geeks talking beer and the subject of session beers is bound to come up. Session means low-alcohol and it harkens back to British Pub days when a pint of Bitter or Mild was about 3-3.5% ABV* and having a few in a session wouldn’t leave you crawling home. While the traditional … Read more

I Like B Cups and I Cannot Lie

Plastic IPA cups? Blasphemy, you say! I was as skeptical as you when I first heard about B Cups from Fermented Reality. It’s a fact — Good beer tastes better in proper glassware. You don’t believe it? Then grab 2 bottles of your favorite dry-hopped IPA and pour one in a traditional Shaker Pint and … Read more