Another event I attended during Philly Beer Week was a beer and chocolate pairing at Iron Hill West Chester. Head brewer Larry Horwitz was on hand to pour his wonderful Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout along side some fantastic chocolates from Éclat Chocolate. [...] Read more at The Hop Press!

Last week was the 2010 Philly Beer Week! I was able to attend a few great events, one of which was a talk called “Tasting Beer with Randy Mosher,” where Mr. Radical Brewing himself led a tutored tasting of four beers at Iron Hill North Wales. [...] Read more at The Hop Press!

This past Saturday was the 3rd annual SAVOR: An American craft beer and food experience! SAVOR is one of my favorite days of the year. I’ve been to every one since its inception in 2008, and was ecstatic to be able to represent RateBeer this time around! [...] Read more at The Hop Press!

It’s summer! Well, maybe not technically yet. But unofficially, summertime is upon us, which means our garden is in full swing! This year, Tim made the hop trellis system even bigger than last year! Our 21 hop plants are all at least in their second year now, so they’re quite hardy! I don’t think the [...]

This month’s Session topic (hosted by Top Fermented) is “Session Beer”: What is your definition of a session beer? Is it merely enough for a beer to be low alcohol to be considered a session beer, or is there some other ineffable quality that a beer must hold in order to merit the term? What [...]

With this past weekend’s heat wave, I had a hankerin’ for ice cream and decided that I really wanted some Cherry Garcia. So I adapted my beer ice cream recipe, which is a Philadelphia-style ice cream (no eggs). The result was pretty fabulous, so I wanted to share! 2 cups heavy cream 1 cup puréed [...]