Beervana 2012 has come and gone and boy was it was a really good time. We would like to personally thank the staff of Pretty Things Brewery and Garrett Oliver for their inspirational, humorous and informative lectures. I don’t want to leave out the venders and staff members that could make Beervana such a great… Read More »
Fall is upon us and with the brisk air comes Beervana, tickets are available now at their website. They are going to offer educational seminars with Garrett Oliver from Brooklyn Brewery and Dann & Martha Paquette from Pretty Things Beer and Ale Project. Also a long list of breweries available here, hope to see you… Read More »
This is our last meeting at the East Ave Cafe then its back to Trinity Brew house. So come join us for our monthly meeting! Going forward it will be back to Thursday’s at 7pm for the meeting.
We have our first group brew bottle conditioning and I will say that for bottling we had a pretty productive day with 90 bottles cleaned and capped. The beers that we put together were the RIBS red which was an interesting blend of a red ale with Dan’s home made BBQ sauce. The second beer… Read More »
This was our 3rd year participating in Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire. We met some cool people, talked beer all day, made two batches of beer and overall had a blast! See the pics here.
Gluten-free for some is a diet fad, for others it is an a way of life. In the beer world its hard to make a good beer with out gluten, especially when dealing with wheat and barely. Celiac disease hits close to home since my sister has had it her whole life, and I personally… Read More »
Happy 4th of July everyone!
An interesting article talking about the now defunct HOPE Brewery of RI. A brewery started in 1988 that never really took off, and the doors closed in the mid 90’s. http://www.bruguru.com/hopebrewing.htm
If you are anything like me there are plenty of times while brewing or talking to other home brewers where there is that idea of starting a brewery. The past weekend we had the chance to take a look at a pico brewery operation in Pawtucket RI. The Bucket Brewery is tiny up start, in… Read More »
I have a strange habit when I’m commuting to and from my place of employment. Mind you, travel time is usually less than 20 minutes, and yet that is plenty of time for me to get into trouble. Specifically, listening to NPR in an attempt to inject as much world news into my head as… Read More »