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Top Bay Area chefs to collaborate for a Sierra Nevada food and beer pairing

Eight top Bay Area chefs and two mixologists will be traveling to Chico to participate in Sierra Nevada Brewing Company's Beer Camp. These ten professionals will spend two days brewing a custom beer, which they will eventually serve exclusively at the respected restaurants and bars they represent. While in Chico [...]

By | March 31st, 2015|0 Comments

Women in brewing

Most beer drinkers are not aware that in the early years most of the brewing was done by women. While researching the history of beer on the internet, I stumbled across some interesting reading about Ninkasi. Long before founders Jamie Floyd and Nikos Ridge agreed to name their Eugene, Oregon [...]

By | March 24th, 2015|0 Comments

Local spin on St. Patrick’s Day traditions

I will confess to being a NorCal Beer Geek. I do my best to spend my money on small production northern California beer so as to help the small breweries stimulate the local economy. There are some great local options to consider when celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Moylan's Brewing Company’s [...]

By | March 17th, 2015|0 Comments

Meet the owners of Fogbelt Brewing Company

Fogbelt Brewing Company is owned and operated by a couple gentlemen in their mid-thirties. Paul Hawley and Remy Martin collectively have thirty years of wine industry experience, but decided to pursue another passion by opening a brewery in Santa Rosa. I paid Paul and Remy a visit at the brewery [...]

By | March 14th, 2015|0 Comments

The start of Spring is a great time for a bottle share

Spring is just around the corner, officially beginning on Friday, March 20th. Longer days full of sunshine and outdoor craft beer drinking events await us. Before we start making evening and weekend plans between now and the end of the summer, we must first do some Spring cleaning. I suggest [...]

By | March 5th, 2015|0 Comments