So we just returned from our annual European beer tour. Here's a few things we learned about Italian craft brewers and their beer.

Beer, Wine and Truffles in northern Italy video

As we did 11 years ago, we will be gandering around northern Italy with visits to breweries, wineries and the White Truffle Festival.

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....

Perhaps the SCOTUS acronym should be changed to SCROTUM, because it has us by the balls.

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,

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...

The Belgians came in force – 21 breweries, owners and reps, 80-odd brands, 350 cases of beer.

Backbone is well-named. The marketing agency really is a backbone of the active lifestyle world and each spring they showcase some clients

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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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...

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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Tony's Travels The invitation arrived "Tortuga" – a pirate party. In England. On a farm in Sussex, at the home of my dearly departed...

What It's All About Blog – By Tony Forder Quebec City for the microbewers conference – bit of a squeeze on now. With 333 breweries...

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...

Sometimes the smallest things can be irritating – petty peeves. It was my wedding anniversary the other day – 44 years, for better or...

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...

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...