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From the HopPress: Made in Vermont – The Deep South

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 14:00:58 +0000

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. [...]

From the HopPress: Made in Vermont – The Northeast Kingdom

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 13:00:16 +0000

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 [...]

From the HopPress: Made in Vermont – The Spine of the Green Mountains

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 14:00:42 +0000

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 [...]

From the HopPress: Boston’s Belgian Beer Fest

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:00:28 +0000

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 [...]

From the HopPress: Made in Vermont – Burlington Region

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:00:53 +0000

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 [...]

From the HopPress: Craft Beer Quest on Vacation

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:40:46 +0000

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The Hop Press… posted on Saturday, May 22th.

My wife and I have been in Myrtle Beach for the last week. The place we have rented is very nice, right on the beach and the weather has mostly been perfect for relaxing in the sunshine. Its [...]

From the Hop Press: Destination Beer

VTHopHead-Admin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:06:24 +0000

My latest featured article for RateBeer’s The Hop Press… posted on Saturday, March 27th.

I have talked before about the planning work being done for my May vacation this year. Work has been super busy for the last 9 months or so and I am really looking forward to the break; though [...]

Bobcat Cafe Fever

VTHopHead-Admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:12:01 +0000

I have been wanting to visit the Bobcat Cafe & Brewery for a long time and I was not disappointed. The brewpub is located right on the main “drag” in downtown Bristol, Vermont. We arrived a bit before the dining room opened and were immediately “assigned” a table for when we were ready to eat [...]

Downeast Maine and Coastal New Hampshire…

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:17:51 +0000

My wife (Candy) and I recently took some time to return to one of our favorite regions… the Greater Portland Maine and Portsmouth NH areas. The weather was not that great, so we “had” to spend some time in some of my favorite watering holes… not that I’m complaining, mind you. On the list were [...]

Las Vegas – Land of Beer?

VTHopHead-Admin — Sun, 03 May 2009 21:46:12 +0000

I spent the better part of last week in Las Vegas at a conference. During the few days that I was there, I was able to add an incredible 16 new beers to my Ratebeer ratings list. Almost all of these new beers were sampled at the restaurants and bars in and around the Mandalay [...]