Author: Brian Yaeger
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Beer Travelers - Full Pints
Brewery Boomtowns
January 1, 2013 - Brian Yaeger There are over 2,100 breweries in the U.S., according to the Brewers Association, an uptick of more than 350 in the last year alone. Apparently, more than half as many are in the works, as the association reports that nearly 1,300 are in the planning stages. Thirty-four hundred breweries and brewpubs? Where are we going... View Article -
Full Pints - Pull Up A StoolPull Up A Stool with Ben Edmunds
November 1, 2012 - Brian Yaeger All About Beer: With no professional experience and brewing for a brand new brewery in a city renowned for its beer culture, were you intimidated when you first started? Yeah, absolutely. For months I had a huge amount of anxiety. I was confident that I could make good beer, but I wanted to enter the... View Article -
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First and second weeks in October
September 1, 2012 - Brian Yaeger Not surprisingly, the larger New Ulm Oktoberfest celebrations grab the attention. For more scaled-back festivities, attend the Holiday Inn’s party, which attracts about 4,000 folks for an old-fashioned fest with the local brew and festbiers from the fatherland. At the downtown event held simultaneously, show up the first weekend for German Heritage Weekend or the... View Article -
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Zinzinnati
September 1, 2012 - Brian Yaeger The granddaddy of all American fests is Oktoberfest Zinzinnati, in downtown. More than half a million celebrators will down about an equal amount of liters of beer (no small feat considering many of the attendees are kids) to wash down more than 80,000 bratwursts. CMI’s Nascimento says that this free event includes the Gemuetlichkeit Games,... View Article -
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Firestone-Walker’s Oaktoberfest
September 1, 2012 - Brian Yaeger Firestone-Walker’s Oaktoberfest takes place in October at the Avila Beach Golf Resort (6450 Ana Bay Dr., AvilaBeachResort.com), a 45-minute drive from the brewery and near Pismo Beach. Note that it’s 21 and over only. Event Manager Tim Miller says that like all Oktoberfests, it includes great music, but expect the polka band to work in some... View Article -
Beer Travelers - Full PintsAmerican Oktoberfest
September 1, 2012 - Brian Yaeger Can you believe it’s been 202 years since the marriage of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen? While you weren’t invited to the wedding, the anniversary is better known today as Oktoberfest. About 6 million people will fill the tents and bierhalles of Munich between Sept. 22 and Oct. 7. And to wash down... View Article -
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More Brewery Hotels Around the World
July 1, 2012 - Brian Yaeger Not going to one of these featured destinations? Don’t cry in your beer for lack of fun accommodations. There are more than 100 more lodging-based breweries around the world. Roughly 23 are in the Czech Republic. In addition to visiting Prague, head out to the countryside and stay at Zámek Zábřeh (U Zámku 42/1, Ostrava),... View Article -
Beer Travelers - Full PintsBrewery Hotels
July 1, 2012 - Brian Yaeger Perhaps the biggest question when planning beer travel, after where to actually go, isn’t which breweries to tour or how many cases you can realistically cart home, but where to stay. Best case scenario would be to drink as many pints as you like in the brewery’s tap room and pass out on the spot,... View Article