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2009 Washington IPA Challenge Results

Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA, Marin Brewing White Knuckle Double IPA, and Rock Bottom Bellevue Hop Bomb Take Top Honors at the 2009 Washington IPA Challenge

Seattle, WA (8/22/09) – On Saturday, August 22, 16 judges gathered at Beveridge Place Pub, located in Seattle, Washington, for a blind evaluation of 36 IPA and Imperial IPA entries. [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

BEER EVENT: GABF 2009 – Pints for Prostate Tasting

Exclusive Event During the GABF Supports Pints for Prostates Campaign
All About Beer Magazine, in cooperation with BeerAdvocate.com, will present a premier tasting of rare and exotic beers on Sept. 25th from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Wynkoop Brewery in Denver to benefit the Pints for Prostates campaign.
The inaugural Denver Rare Beer Tasting is taking [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Monday, July 20th, 2009

Top 50 breweries in 2008

The Brewers Association will be releasing their complete analysis of statistics next week in Boston, but here’s a sneak peak at the top Craft Breweries and top Overall Breweries for 2008.
New England was represented by the following …
Top Craft:
1 Boston Beer Co.
10 Magic Hat Brewing Co.
12 Harpoon Brewery
16 Shipyard [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

BEER EVENT: Philly Beer Week – 2009

Philly Beer Week announces Opening Tap kickoff event details – March 6 at 7 pm‏
PHILLY BEER WEEK 2009 ANNOUNCES DETAILS FOR ‘OPENING TAP’ – THE KICK-OFF EVENT – FOR AMERICA’S LARGEST BEER CELEBRATION
PHILADELPHIA, PA – The second-annual Philly Beer Week (PBW) 2009 will kickoff on Friday, March 6 at 7 p.m., in the spectacular Comcast [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

16 great beers available in the North East

In December, we were asked to create a list of beers for a local holiday gathering (sorry for the delayed post). The requirements for this list were the following:
* Must be currently available (obviously for the holiday consumption).
* Select two beers from 7 or 8 different categories

We thought, oh — this is simple. [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

National News from the Brewers Association

Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries List
Boulder, Colo. • April 7, 2008 – The Brewers Association, which tabulates industry growth data, announced its annual list of the top fifty brewing companies. Released are both a Top 50 Craft Brewing Companies¹ list and a list of the Top 50 Overall Brewing Companies. Statistics are based on [...]

Posted by: Sean-o on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

U.S. Craft Breweries Shine on World Stage

U.S. Craft Breweries Shine on World Stage
© Business Wire 2007 – 2007-12-08 00:40:32 -

Participants in the Brewers Association’s (BA) Export Development Program (EDP) recently won a combined 30 medals from the Stockholm Beer and Whisky Festival and the European Beer Star Competition. EDP is an initiative created to increase the international recognition of
U.S. craft breweries [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Thursday .. Friday… Hoppy Days

Thursday, Friday, Hoppy Days.
The weekend comes,
My palate hums,
Ready to drink with you.
These days are all,
Hoppy and Free. (Those Hoppy Days)
These days are all,
Share them with 2beerguys. (oh baby)
Goodbye grey sky, hello beer.
There’s nothing can hold me when I hold a tasty brew.
Feels so right, it can’t be wrong.
Rockin’ and rollin’ all weekend long.
Well, a weekend [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Friday, May 25th, 2007

Julio’s Beer Tasting

Just got back from Julio’s liquor’s 5th annual Beer Tasting Event. Great store, best selection I’ve seen by far. A little more expensive, but they offer a 6-pack mixer club where you can grab individual 12oz bottles of many of their offerings. Again, a little pricier, but a great way to try new beers without [...]

Posted by: 2beerguys on Sunday, May 6th, 2007

50 Beers!

Last night, we hit a big milestone in our efforts. We reviewed our 50th beer. The big beer was the Victory Hop Wallop, which we thoroughly enjoyed. It was a good evening of food and drink and Lost episodes. I made a chili with Gritty McDuff’s Black Fly Stout, and that came out very good.

Posted by: 2beerguys on Monday, February 27th, 2006