Columbia, MD October 5, 2019
It was a good move changing the Hops & Harvest Festival venue from the Columbia Lakefront to Merriweather this year. With lots more room, we could all sample local craft ales, wine, and spirits, chow down on food truck food, or learn about medical marijuana dispensers in the comfort of the deep shade of Merriweather Wood’s forest. Continue reading Hops & Harvest Festival 2019
Columbia, MD August 7, 2019
Last night, we were attacked by a rogue pink elephant. We quickly sought refuge inside Frisco Tap House.
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Carroll Creek Linear Park, Frederick, MD May 11, 2019
The Maryland Craft Beer Festival offered nearly 200 different beers from 56 breweries. With that many ales to chose from, Pierce, dBear, and I left Laurel, MD on the BAMbus from Jailbreak Brewing so we could drink responsibly.
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Thanks for all the notifications about Delaware-based Dogfish Head Brewery merging with the makers of Samuel Adams beer, probably sometime in June 2019.
Continue reading Dogfish Head to Merge with Boston Beer
Columbia, MD May 2, 2019
After a brief thunderstorm, we walked over to Sapwood Cellars for a quick beer. I ordered a Frenchmen pizza made with brie, figs, and honey from the Dizzy Cow Pizzeria, today’s food truck.
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Columbia, MD Saturday, March 9th, 2019
Five intrepid explorers braved the wilds of Columbia, MD, determined to reach their final goal – Sapwood Cellars.
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Columbia, MD
Just a few of us stopped by Frisco Tap House for Union Craft Brewing pint night. I ordered a Union Birthday Cake (Cask), a very sweet black lager. I may be the only one in the group who liked it. It was perhaps a bit too sweet but I liked the malt and vanilla flavors.
Continue reading Reckless Has a New Brewer
Columbia, MD
On a pint night at Frisco Tap House, Keith, the manager, posed a question. He wondered if any of us would be interested in participating in a bottle night? Sort of like a tap takeover only using bottles instead of kegs. He suggested making some of the Eclipse bottles for this hypothetical night.
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Thunder Hill Neighborhood, Oakland Mills Village, Columbia, MD January 26, 2019
Fourteen neighbors walked from my house in Thunder Hill to Sapwood Cellars. The distance is slightly more than .5 miles along a Columbia path to the Orchard Green tot lot, through a gap in the fence, jaywalking across MD 108, and crossing the Wells Fargo parking lot.
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Columbia, MD January 24, 2019
Columbia brewery, Hysteria Brewing, has been officially open for about a year and a half now. As reported in an earlier post, Sad Panda, a vandal struck Hysteria during the early morning hours of January 6th. A suspect has been identified.
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