My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, March 26th.

It’s that time of the year when men’s (and women’s) fancies turn to thoughts of Spring and all of the attention and excitement that can bring. I’m talking about basketball, of course… what were you thinking?  The NCAA basketball tournament is [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2011/03/from-the-hoppress-march-madness-nipac-style/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2011/03/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-deep-south/ http://www.vthophead.com/2011/03/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-deep-south/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:00:58 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=796 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, March 5th.

This is the last article in my 4-part series on the 21 breweries that can be found within the borders of this very small state. This final chapter of the series will focus on the southern most portion of the state. [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2011/03/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-deep-south/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2011/02/from-the-hoppress-just-a-little-bit-different%e2%80%a6/ http://www.vthophead.com/2011/02/from-the-hoppress-just-a-little-bit-different%e2%80%a6/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 13:00:01 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=788 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, February 19th.

I had a couple of things come across my desk this week that got me thinking about beer that some might consider to be a little bit to the left (or right) of center. I am talking about beer that most [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2011/02/from-the-hoppress-just-a-little-bit-different%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2011/01/from-the-hoppress-a-brewers-best/ http://www.vthophead.com/2011/01/from-the-hoppress-a-brewers-best/#comments Sun, 23 Jan 2011 13:00:25 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=763 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, January 22nd.

Like many of you, keeping up with the deluge of e-mails, RSS feed articles, Facebook pages or people, tweets and the like can be pretty overwhelming at times. I sort through hundreds and hundreds of them each week and that does [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2011/01/from-the-hoppress-a-brewers-best/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2011/01/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-northeast-kingdom/ http://www.vthophead.com/2011/01/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-northeast-kingdom/#comments Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:00:16 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=755 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, January 8th.

This is the third in my series of four articles briefly highlighting each of the breweries that can be found in the small state of Vermont. We are truly blessed with an abundance of quality craft breweries , currently 21 of [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2011/01/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-northeast-kingdom/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/12/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-spine-of-the-green-mountains/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/12/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-spine-of-the-green-mountains/#comments Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:00:42 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=729 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, December 4th.

This is the second in a series of articles which highlight the wonderful variety of breweries available to us Vermonters. As I have told you before, with 21 in-state breweries and less than 650,000 people in the entire state, Vermont has [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/12/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-the-spine-of-the-green-mountains/feed/ 1 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-burlington-region/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-burlington-region/#comments Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:00:53 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=696 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, November 6th.

As I have said before, Vermont is Beer Country! Back in 2009 the Brewers Association declared Vermont as having the highest per capita concentration of breweries of any state in the land (Breweries Per Capita). This awesome designation [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-made-in-vermont-burlington-region/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/06/from-the-hoppress-rock-solid-rock-art-brewery/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/06/from-the-hoppress-rock-solid-rock-art-brewery/#comments Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:38:27 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=523 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My featured article for Ratebeer’s The Hop Press… this article was posted on Saturday, May 29th.

Matt and Renee Nadeau started the Rock Art Brewery out of the basement of their house near Johnson, VT in 1997. Then a one-man operation, Rock Art has seen significant growth since then. In 2002, the [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/06/from-the-hoppress-rock-solid-rock-art-brewery/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/05/from-the-hop-press-hill-farmstead-%e2%80%93-brewers-talent-family-history/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/05/from-the-hop-press-hill-farmstead-%e2%80%93-brewers-talent-family-history/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 17:32:10 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=511 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The Hop Press… posted on Saturday, May 8th.

Even for Vermonters, Greensboro, VT is just a bit off of the beaten path. There are no Interstate highways, freeways or even what most people would consider major highways nearby. Get off of the larger paved roads [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/05/from-the-hop-press-hill-farmstead-%e2%80%93-brewers-talent-family-history/feed/ 1 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/04/the-magic-hat-experience/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/04/the-magic-hat-experience/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:20:39 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=488 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The Hop Press… posted on Saturday, April 17th.

A while back I had the very great pleasure of again visiting the Magic Hat Brewery in South Burlington, Vermont. I say again, but you should understand that my visits to their facility were about 15 years apart. [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/04/the-magic-hat-experience/feed/ 0