Filed under: Tastings, Beer, Trends, Festivals, Celebrations Last week, we discussed the possible financial benefits of homebrewing. After last night's Extreme Beer Homebrew Challenge at Jose Pistolas for Philly Beer Week, I was reminded of one of the other major advantages of homebrewing: The abili...

Filed under: Beer, Business, Newspapers, Food News Sunday's New York Times explains that despite Utah's "quirky alcohol laws" pubs and breweries have managed to flourish, even in rough economic times. It all began in 1986 when ski bum and beer enthusiast Greg Schirf opened up Wasatch Brewery in Park...

Today is July 1, the kick-off for "Oregon Craft Beer Month." I'll do my best to keep you up to speed on the major events that tickle my fancy, but keep in mind that almost every brewery in the state is participating with release parties, special events, mini-fests, brewing dinners, meet-the-brewer e...

The Oregon Brewers Guild is touting the third annual Craft Beer Month , which kicks off on July first. I haven't done a lot of touting myself, but since the calendar is out, here's a few for which you should save the date: ___ "Puckerfest," July 16-22 Specials on tap and in the bottle throughout the...

Copyright © 2002-2008 by Scott McGerik. Visit the original article at http://scott.mcgerik.com/2008/05/10/the-craftsman-2/. Kat and I recently returned to The Craftsman, a restaurant and bar offering New American cuisine prepared with regionally, in-season, fresh, organic ingredients. In additi...