Once or twice a year The Beer Goddess heads north across the border to visit relatives. That would be Canada, not Georgia. So we like to keep up with Canadian Beer News. The bad news is that not too many these Canadian beers are available here in Florida The 7th Annual 2009 Canadian Brewing Awards [...]
Archive of entries posted on September 2009
A bit of Pumpkin Beer History
Prior to the Great Pumpkinoff, I decided to do a little research on the origins of Pumpkin beer. From some of the books (Google books is great for searching these old books!) describing beer in colonial times, it seems like Pumpkin beer was not that unusual. During different times malted barley would be in short [...]
Pumpkin Beer Explosion
The title of this post sounds like a lead in for your local television news, but it is in fact about the recent proliferation of pumpkin beers. Several years ago there were only a couple of pumpkin beers available here in Florida. But on a recent trip to Total Wine & More in Orlando, FL [...]
What is Your Everyday Beer?
In my BGB (Before Good Beer) days, I used to order Bud Light, and when I really wanted something special, a Michelob. Thankfully, I discovered Good Beer. Even though I am now in the ABB (After Bad Beer) days there are still times when the establishment doesn’t really have anything of interest. What to do [...]
State Beer Taxes – Highest and Lowest
In my mind beer and taxes do not mix. Although the more I think about taxes, the more beer I want, so there may indeed be some connection. Over the past few months a large number of states want to increase the taxes on beer (those bastages!). Here are the highest and lowest states as [...]
Treasure Coast Beer Festival
If you are in Florida this weekend and can’t make it to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, there is the 2nd Annual Treasure Coast Beer Festival going on in Ft. Pierce. From the Press Release: Saturday, September 26th, from 1pm-5pm, marks the 2nd Annual Treasure Coast Beer Fest in downtown Fort Pierce in [...]
A Year in Beer Challenge
Several weeks ago, while The Beer Goddess and I were enjoying a several beers, we came up with the idea of a challenge. The contest is to drink 365 different beers in a 365 day period. After much thought a few more beers we named the contest, A Year in Beer. A Year in Beer [...]
Oktoberfest Begins
September 19, 2009 was the opening day of the 176th Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany. Two weeks of beer, food, and fun times. Unfortunately I live 4902 miles (7889 km) from Munich. But in honor of the Munich fest, Beer Living is officially starting. The web site that is….. I’ve been living with beer for years [...]
Welcome to Beer Living
Welcome to Beer Living! This is the ‘Hello World’ for Beer Living. Beer Living is envisioned as a place to find and share information on all things Beer. Some of these areas are: What’s new in the world of beer, where to find your favorite beer, favorite places to drink beer, beer commentary, beer history, [...]