We had some unusually warm weather last week here in the northeast, which immediately jump-started my desire to fire up the grill. My first thought: Burgers. My second thought: What beer should I pair with said burgers? [...] Read more at The Hop Press!

I think I’ve finally come up with a pizza sauce that I can believe in! This version took two tries since my last post (version 1.1). Version 1.2 was so close to what I wanted that it only needed a minor tweak — a lot more basil. So the final version (1.3) bumps up the [...]

This past Sunday was the 6th annual Brewer’s Plate at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. This phenomenal event, featuring Philadelphia’s premier local food and craft beer, was a fundraiser for Fair Food, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing locally grown food into the Philadelphia marketplace. Firstly, the venue totally rocked. Having a beer festival in [...]

I can’t say it much better than the Brewers Association can, so for details, please check out the Action Request site for H.R. 4278. The proposed legislation would cut beer excise tax for America’s small brewers in half. H.R. 4278 would immensely help small craft brewers to grow their businesses, creating jobs, helping to boost [...]

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard about the Philly beer raids that occurred last week. Blogs and forums have been a-buzz about this, and the general feeling about the situation seems to be outrage, which, as a Pennsylvania resident, I can definitely sympathize. [...] Read more at The Hop Press!

Just a quick update on this. Here was the next version of my pizza sauce: Pizza sauce version 1.1 28 oz can San Marzano tomatoes ¼ cup + 1 tbsp tomato paste 1 ½ tbsp sugar ½ tsp salt 1 tsp oregano 1 tsp thyme ½ tsp garlic powder The result: Meh. It was a [...]

Last weekend, I had the ultimate pleasure of taking a ski trip out to beautiful Vail, Colorado. This was my third trip out west, and believe me, no visit to Colorado is complete without checking out the Denver beer scene. (Just ask Denver resident and fellow Hop Press dude PJ, whom I finally got to [...]