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Early Days Of American Craft Beer
A rollicking ride through colorful mosaic of the early craft beer movement.
This book is about my accidental journey in beer, which became a mission when I launched, with my brother-in-law, the brewspaper Ale Street News in 1992. It covers the early days of craft beer, highlighting the personalities, the evangelists who were responsible for this revival of full-flavored, traditional beer styles and the pioneers who eventually took beer in totally new directions, sparking a w

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The Guinness Pub Giveaway Contest
One of most successful contests which ran for a few years was the Guinness Irish Pub Giveaway Contest – win a pub in Ireland.
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Beer-piphanies
First generation craft beer fans in the US consistently seem to remember their time of transition, when they discovered craft beer,

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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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Sep 12, 20243 min read
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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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Aug 6, 20242 min read
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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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Jun 18, 20241 min read
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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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Jun 6, 202415 min read
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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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Jan 17, 20247 min read
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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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Dec 7, 20234 min read
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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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Nov 14, 20236 min read
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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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Jul 14, 20233 min read
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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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May 15, 20237 min read
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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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May 9, 20232 min read
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Sir Tony – Lager Room Podcast
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...
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Feb 23, 20231 min read
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Tree Thieves
By Tony Forder Last month Dogfish Head released another beer in their Ancient Ale series. This one greatly intrigued me, firstly because...

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Jan 12, 20232 min read
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Rio Rocking to World Cup Beat
What It's All About Blog By Tony Forder Nowhere is soccer fever so rampant than in Brazil, especially on the beach at Copacabana, Rio de...
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Dec 6, 20223 min read
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A Rose for All Time
By Tony Forder When I installed my trailer (now the home of Limetree Roadside PubCafe) at the Oasis farm six years ago I hung a canvas...
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Frank Boon – Lambic Liberator
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Knighthood of the Brewers Paddle
It was my honor this year to receive the Honorary Knighthood of the Brewers Paddle presented by the Belgian Brewers Guild, a tradition of...
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Sep 29, 20222 min read
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The Magic of Mead
Through the Looking Glass – Craft Beer to MeadCon What is mead? Magical mystical mead The elixir of life Derived from life-building bees...
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Sep 1, 20224 min read
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