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-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/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/2011/02/from-the-hoppress-mmmm-chocolate/ http://www.vthophead.com/2011/02/from-the-hoppress-mmmm-chocolate/#comments Sun, 13 Feb 2011 14:00:10 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=776 #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 12th.

While I would not necessarily consider chocolate beer to be a “seasonal selection”, it does fit in quite nicely with the rapidly approaching Valentine’s Day. I thoroughly enjoy all types of chocolate… milk, dark and white… in [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2011/02/from-the-hoppress-mmmm-chocolate/feed/ 1 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/2010/12/from-the-hoppress-joyeux-noel/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/12/from-the-hoppress-joyeux-noel/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:00:11 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=747 #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 25th.

A very happy holiday to everyone. Hopefully you were on the “good list” and got or will get a wonderful present from someone today. It’s a cold one here in Vermont this morning; only about 6F at my house, but I [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/12/from-the-hoppress-joyeux-noel/feed/ 1 http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-four-loko-truth-or-dare/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-four-loko-truth-or-dare/#comments Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:00:10 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=725 #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 27th.

One of the hot topics over the last several weeks has been the media storm surrounding Four Loko and other so-called alcoholic energy drinks; that is, drinks that contain both alcohol and caffeine as well as other substances intended to [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/11/from-the-hoppress-four-loko-truth-or-dare/feed/ 1 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/2010/10/from-the-hoppress-halloween-beer/ http://www.vthophead.com/2010/10/from-the-hoppress-halloween-beer/#comments Sun, 31 Oct 2010 15:00:37 +0000 VTHopHead-Admin http://www.vthophead.com/?p=691 #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 30th.

Like most modern American holidays, Halloween is more than a little over-commercialized and (I am at risk here of sounding like an old fogey) it seems to have lost some of the “mystique” and fun that it had when I was [...]]]> http://www.vthophead.com/2010/10/from-the-hoppress-halloween-beer/feed/ 1