April 7th celebrates the end of prohibition when in April of 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act legalized the sale of beer and wine at 3.2% ABV. I know that my friend dBear will be brewing a Boo Berry Beer with lactose, Nottingham yeast, and real blueberries in honor of National Beer Day. Friend, neighbor, and musician, Brent, will be playing at Flying Dog Brewery today with Panama Rex from 4-8PM. I’ll be trying out a few saisons (strictly for research purposes) to pick my next beer to brew. What are you doing to celebrate National Beer Day 2018? 

On this dreary Saturday, I’ve found a few beer related articles to read when you have some quiet time. Observe National Beer Day with some booze recipes; no saisons, but the wee heavy looks interesting. As a National Beer Day followup – Time offers How to talk like a pro for National Beer Day. If you want to celebrate this beer holiday locally, try the top 8 New England IPAs according to VinePair.

According to Yelp reviewers, here are the top 10 breweries to visit in the US. Of the 10,  I’ve only been to Allagash and whole-heartedly agree.

Shocker of shockers, Green Flash Forecloses. As part of the deal, Alpine is being sold as well.  I have never tried their beer, but hear it is even better than Green Flash.

Finally, the Baltimore Sun, in an opinion piece, Asks if Maryland breweries would be better off without Peter Franchot.

Cheers,

Warren