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 [...]

Yesterday, I was the Featured Beer Blogger on The Beer Wench‘s blog, Drink With The Wench. In it, I answered a whole slew of interview questions, ranging from where I grew up to what my “beer epiphany” was. Check it out! And thanks to Ashley for including me! Cheers!

I’ve been dying to tell you guys this — I have a new gig writing for RateBeer.com! I am now one of RateBeer‘s Hop Press Featured Publishers! Woo! Every Friday, I will have a new post up on my Hop Press site, and this post will be featured on the front page of RateBeer.com! Pretty [...]

Word has been spreading like wildfire about the ridiculous claim of trademark infringement by Hansen Beverage, makers of Monster Energy Drink. In a classic attempt of taking-a-crap-on-the-little-guy, they have issued a cease and desist order against Rock Art Brewery for their 10th anniversary beer called “Vermonster.” Their claim is that consumers will likely be confused [...]

Just wanted to draw your attention to a new page I created here at brew.cook.pair.joy – Pairing Lessons! Yay, new!!! Now you can easily access all of the pairing lessons from the handy-dandy link right in the header of the site! See it? Right there next to the RSS Feed (which you should totally subscribe [...]

The North Carolina beer tax is currently the 5th highest in the country, and it’s threatening to climb even higher. As a future North Carolina brewer, I find this news a bit… disconcerting. If you happen to live in North Carolina, please take a moment to fill out this form and voice your concern over [...]

I was thinking a lot about our future brewery today. As I was daydreaming, I came across a post on Starting a Brewery where he asked his readers for feedback on the name of his brewery-in-planning. Tim and I trademarked our brewery name a few months ago, so now’s probably a good time to ask [...]

Hey, I have a store now! Cool! I created a storefront for brew.cook.pair.joy through Amazon.com. Now you can purchase some of my favorite books about beer, food, homebrewing, and cooking, as well as some sweet cookware, right here through my blog! Just click the “Store” link at the top of my blog and you’ll go [...]