When you live within 10 minutes of 7 breweries, it's tough to decide where you visit first. We moved to metro Denver almost two weeks ago now, and to say that beer is part of the local culture is an understatement. It's everywhere.Living the Dream Brewing Company is the closest brewery, and it has one of my favorite names as well. That's why people move out here, right? We're all trying to live the dream.Our friends met us for a Thursday afternoon pint at our local dog friendly … [Read more...]
Atlanta’s Newest Brewery: Monday Night Brewing
Get ready Atlanta, Monday nights just got a lot more fun. “Tie one on” and head over to the Westside to check out the spanking new Monday Night Brewery. In an old warehouse at the bottom of Trabert Avenue sit three gents making some killer brews. Monday Night Brewing is the brainchild of Jonathan Baker, Jeff Heck and Joel Iverson, who started making home-brews after a weekly bible study pre-2006. It took a while to get to this point, but when you walk around the space and listen to the guys … [Read more...]
Southern Brews: Lazy Magnolia’s Southern Pecan Nut Brown Ale
Lately, craft beer has been enjoying a renaissance of sorts, and southern breweries have been leading the charge. One brewery sets the bar in terms of creativity - Lazy Magnolia of Kiln, MS. Lazy Magnolia is Mississippi’s first and only brewery. It has an impressive lineup, but its crown jewel, and my personal favorite, is its Southern Pecan Nut Brown Ale. I fell in love with this unique beer while in school at Ole Miss and have been patiently awaiting its arrival here in Georgia since … [Read more...]
Atlanta Beer Week 2011
If you thought that the Atlanta beer festivals this summer were fun, wait till you experience an entire week of craft beer!Atlanta Beer Week is an entire week devoted to craft beer... in Atlanta. The week long hoppy extravaganza begins on October 1 and ends on October 8, 2011. This year is supposed to be bigger and better than last years. The line up of bars, taps, casks, and events have not been completely finalized (or at least released,) so there is a lot of anticipation on our end for … [Read more...]
Natty Greene’s Buckshot Amber Ale by the Growler
We shuffled our way into the car, half asleep, eyes barely open, coffee deprived, but anxious for what the Memorial Day weekend had in store for us. Originally when we had plotted our course, we had made plans to stop by Greensboro, North Carolina on our way to Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia. Those plans were made using Google Maps the night before, which the TomTom GPS clearly did not agree with, because we were about 30 miles West of the city by the time we realized that we would be … [Read more...]
Tapping the Terrapin “Indiana Krunkles”
This past Wednesday, I was scanning over The Trot Line Twitter feed, and I noticed an interesting post by Terrapin Beer Company. They had announced that they would be tapping one of the first casks of their side project beer, "Indiana Krunkles" at The Fred. After the initial excitement of a new Terrapin beer getting tapped (and me knowing where,) I was brought back to reality after remembering that I had already made plans that night.Like a responsible adult, I decided to head on over to … [Read more...]
Atlanta Summer 2011 Beer Festivals
It's past time to shake off those winter blues and welcome summer time with open arms. One of the best parts about this time of year is that there is a festival going on around the city just about every weekend. We love to celebrate in the South, and thankfully we know how to cool off during a festival too. We have beer festivals! There are a few stragglers that kick off the beer fest season early or later, but for the majority of these celebrations, you will find yourself in hop heaven from … [Read more...]
The Duck-Rabbit Brown Ale Hop and Waddle
When I was first introduced to beer, my tastes immediately gravitated towards typical Brown Ales like Newcastle. There was something about all of those complex flavors that I loved. Soon after my love for Newcastle developed, I began exploring the world of dark ales altogether, including high gravity brews.At the time, I'm not sure if I enjoyed most of the high gravity beers I had drank because of their flavor, or because of the buzz they gave me. Slowly but surely, I grew up a little … [Read more...]