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3 days ago2 min read
Italian Craft Beer Today
So we just returned from our annual European beer tour. Here's a few things we learned about Italian craft brewers and their beer.
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Limetree
6 days ago2 min read
Beer, Wine and Truffles in Northern Italy
Read about Italian Craft Beer Today "Twas Italian fall when we landed in Milan Breweries and wineries were center of our plan An...
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Limetree
Oct 242 min read
Italian Recap
As we did 11 years ago, we will be gandering around northern Italy with visits to breweries, wineries and the White Truffle Festival.
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Limetree
Sep 123 min read
Modern Mead
By Tony Forder I knew that cider is popular in Quebec, having attended this year's Soif du Cidre (Thirst for Cider) festival in Montreal....
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Limetree
Aug 62 min read
Impeach the SCROTUM
Perhaps the SCOTUS acronym should be changed to SCROTUM, because it has us by the balls.
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Limetree
Aug 62 min read
Beer Festivals Go Carney
There's been quite a lot of chit-chat regarding the new direction of the Great American Beer Festival. The old guys don't like it,
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Limetree
Jun 181 min read
Minding Our Bees-ness
I make mead. Mead needs honey. I've helped extract and process honey from combs before but never seen up close how honey is actually...
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Tony Forder
Jun 615 min read
Mondial de la Biere Goes All Out for 30th
The Belgians came in force – 21 breweries, owners and reps, 80-odd brands, 350 cases of beer.
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Tony Forder
May 153 min read
The Backbone of Active Lifestyles
Backbone is well-named. The marketing agency really is a backbone of the active lifestyle world and each spring they showcase some clients
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Limetree
May 32 min read
The Bench
Ain't That What It's All About Blog Didn't feel great waking up. I lay there for a while doing some body breathing. The usual cup of tea...
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Tony Forder
Apr 41 min read
Mondial de la Biere Marks 30 Years
Montreal's iconic international beer festival is going all out May 24-26 If you haven't attended the Mondial de la Biere festival in...
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Tony Forder
Mar 261 min read
Beer, Wine and Truffles Tour
Tony Forder Italia, the land of wine and vineyards, right? Well, did you know there's over 500 craft breweries in Italy and were going to...
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Limetree
Feb 264 min read
Launching of Ale Street News
By Tony Forder An excerpt from an upcoming book about my journey in beer and the origins of craft beer through the eyes of Ale Street...
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Limetree
Feb 62 min read
Confessions of a 49ers fan
By Tony Forder I confess that I've kinda soured on the NFL lately. I just find football hard to watch with all the stops and starts,...
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Limetree
Jan 177 min read
Belgium, Back in Beer Paradise
Tony's Travels – Having ingratiated myself with the pirates, it was up to me to escape from Tortuga and continue my quest to link up with...
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Limetree
Jan 42 min read
Kidnapped by Pirates
Tony's Travels The invitation arrived "Tortuga" – a pirate party. In England. On a farm in Sussex, at the home of my dearly departed...
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Limetree
Dec 7, 20234 min read
In the Land of Ice and Snow
What It's All About Blog – By Tony Forder Quebec City for the microbewers conference – bit of a squeeze on now. With 333 breweries...
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Limetree
Nov 14, 20236 min read
Mondial de la Biere Finds Treasure Trove of Beers in Santa Catarina, Brazil
By Tony Forder One of the things I like most about working with the Mondial de la Biere is visiting and recruiting new breweries for the...
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Limetree
Jul 16, 20232 min read
Pet Peeve #2 – Cash or Card?
Sometimes the smallest things can be irritating – petty peeves. It was my wedding anniversary the other day – 44 years, for better or...
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Tony Forder
Jul 14, 20233 min read
Judging the Mondial de la biere fest
By Tony Forder The Greg Noonan Mbiere blind tasting competition has been a part of the Mondial de la biere festival in Montreal for 15 of...
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Limetree
Jun 21, 20232 min read
Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer
by Tony Forder A friend of mine has been playing around with ChatGPT. He asked it to write a story about Tony Forder's acerbic wit...
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Limetree
Jun 21, 20233 min read
Tony Forder by ChatGPT
A friend of mine asked Chat GPT to write a story about Tony Forder using the phrases "acerbic wit" and "love for locally brewed beer"....
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Limetree
May 15, 20237 min read
Compelling Weekend at Dogfish Head
By Tony Forder A most compelling weekend was had at the Dogfish Head megaplex in Lewes, Rehoboth Beach and Milton, DE. Although I have...
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Limetree
May 9, 20232 min read
The Belgians Are Coming, The Belgians Are Coming
Belgian brewers launched an all-out offensive in early May with events in Miami, FL and Washington, DC to kick off Belgian Beer Week. The...
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Limetree
May 1, 20231 min read
Consequences
I'm a listener (and subscriber) to WNYC public radio in New York. April was poetry month, and when I head another listener reading his...
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