My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The HopPress… posted on Saturday, April 9th.

This last week marked the anniversary of the beginning of the end of Prohibition; an event that is celebrated, nationally, in the form of New Beer’s Eve and National Beer Day. In celebration of this annual event, I think that [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2011/04/821/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2011/03/from-the-hoppress-march-madness-nipac-style/ http://www.vthophead.com/2011/03/from-the-hoppress-march-madness-nipac-style/#comments Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:00:42 +0000 VTHopHead http://www.vthophead.com/?p=816 #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 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-beers-of-the-full-moon/ http://www.vthophead.com/2011/03/from-the-hoppress-beers-of-the-full-moon/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 14:00:34 +0000 VTHopHead http://www.vthophead.com/?p=806 #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 19th.

Today, March 19th, the earth’s only moon will reach its closest point to earth (221,565 miles) in nearly 19 years. For those of you lucky enough to be able to see it, this so called “supermoon” will be, according to NASA, [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2011/03/from-the-hoppress-beers-of-the-full-moon/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/the-koenemann-thanksgiving/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/the-koenemann-thanksgiving/#comments Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:39:50 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=717 #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; }

Well… its all over but the leftovers and the heady aroma of the beginnings of turkey soup simmering away on the stove.  After nearly a week of preparation, my wife Candy presented my kids and me with a truly magnificent dinner early this afternoon.  In spite of her disappointment that it was just four [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/the-koenemann-thanksgiving/feed/ 1 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-growler-time-in-vermont/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-growler-time-in-vermont/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 14:00:36 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=711 #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 20th.

I am sitting here enjoying some nice fresh beer in the comfort of my home (a Victory Prima Pils), which I poured from a growler. This simple and enjoyable act is thanks, in part, to a recent change in the beer [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-growler-time-in-vermont/feed/ 1 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-bostons-belgian-beer-fest/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-bostons-belgian-beer-fest/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:00:28 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=702 #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 13th.

Last weekend my son, Jamie, and I traveled down to Boston for the annual Belgian Beer Fest. Held at the Cyclorama in the Back Bay region of Boston, this festival brings together Belgian and Belgian-style brewers as well as [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-bostons-belgian-beer-fest/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/10/from-the-hoppress-siptemberfest-2010/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/10/from-the-hoppress-siptemberfest-2010/#comments Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:00:24 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=675 #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, October 9th.

It has been a good summer here in Vermont; plenty of sunshine and some very warm days. However as we head into October and the core of our autumn season, our thoughts and actions have slowly moved from summer-time to [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/10/from-the-hoppress-siptemberfest-2010/feed/ 1 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-the-mount-snow-brewers-festival/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-the-mount-snow-brewers-festival/#comments Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:21:30 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=662 #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, September 25th.

Earlier this month, the Saturday of the long Labor Day weekend, I traveled down the spine of the Green Mountains to the Mount Snow Ski Resort to attend their 16th Annual Brewers Festival. You geographers all know that the Green Mountains [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-the-mount-snow-brewers-festival/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-new-england-homebrewer%e2%80%99s-jamboree/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-new-england-homebrewer%e2%80%99s-jamboree/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:51:19 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=653 #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, September 18th.

Last Saturday I traveled to tiny and quite rural W. Campton New Hampshire to visit the 14th Annual New England Homebrewer’s Jamboree. Sponsored by at least six homebrew clubs and featuring more than 120 competition entries of beer, wine, cider, mead [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-new-england-homebrewer%e2%80%99s-jamboree/feed/ 0 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-the-session-43-the-new-brew-kids/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-the-session-43-the-new-brew-kids/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:05:33 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=648 #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, September 4th.

I am taking a step away from the type of article that you normally read from me to participate in something that has become somewhat of a beer writer’s tradition; The Session. The Session is a group writing project that was [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/09/from-the-hoppress-the-session-43-the-new-brew-kids/feed/ 0