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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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"....

By Tony Forder A most compelling weekend was had at the Dogfish Head megaplex in Lewes, Rehoboth Beach and Milton, DE. Although I have...

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...

What It's All About Blog by Tony Forder I was a young 18-year-old when I first tried to play a flute. A proper, silver flute that is. A...

Back on with the Lager Room guys, Sir Tony talks state of New Jersey beer now and through the past darkly, and other Mardi Gras...