This is my contribution to The Session #29 hosted by Gail and Steve from Beer by BART. The theme is “Will Travel for Beer.” Visit them for the recap of what others have to write on this topic.
Our family loves travel — even in the years we don’t visit 49 states, 9 Canadian provinces and [...]

Gail and Steve from Beer by BART have announced the theme for The Session #29: Will Travel for Beer. They present plenty of options about how to approach this topic.
We’ll be in Colorado then, I think, and will have in the past year visited 17 countries, 9 Canadian provinces and territories, and 46 states [...]

Brian Yaeger has posted the roundup for The Session #28. Since Brian asked for it he got a nice collection of beers from far away, far away being subjective, of course.
Several first time Session participant — go make them feel welcome by leaving a comment — while some “regulars” turned up missing. I think, and [...]

This is my contribution to The Session #28, hosted by Brian Yaeger. I’m posting early because we’ll be amongst tall trees on Friday, a canopy the Internet cannot penetrate. Visit Brian’s blog on Friday for links to more posts.
For The Session this month Brian asks us to write about the brewery whose beer we’ve [...]

Brian Yaeger of Red, White and Brew has set the top for the 28th round of the Session: Think/Drink Globally. Should I, in the midst of an adventure where our goal is to eat and drink local products, think this is a good idea?
No need to panic, because here’s part of Brian’s directive:
[I]n honor of [...]

Great turnout for The Session #27, the theme being Beer Cocktails. Jasmine at Beer at Joe’s already has the roundup posted.
Lots to read. I particularly like these Friday gatherings because — despite the rather lengthy list on the right — we’re seeing posts from beer blogs I didn’t know existed.
Get your own. Be there when [...]

This is my contribution to The Session, hosted this month by Joe & Jasmine at Beer at Joe’s. The topic is beer cocktails. Visit Joe and Jasmine to see what everybody else is writing about.
A couple of years ago during a tour of New Belgium Brewing arranged for the press brewmaster Peter Bouckaert poured samples [...]

It comes to my attention that The Session #27 is Friday and I never pointed to the announcement.
Oops.
Beer at Joes, operated by Joe and Jasime, will play host and the topic is “Beyond the Black & Tan.” Jasime writes:
What’s your favorite beer cocktail (and yes, despite the title of this post, it can be a [...]

Lew Bryson has posted the roundup for Session #26, which turned into a rauchbier education for several bloggers.
I was very pleased that a fair number of people either tried a smoked beer for the first time or enjoyed one for the first time — one of the things I was hoping for when I suggested [...]

This is my contribution to The Session: Smoke ‘Em If You Got ‘Em, hosted by Lew Bryson. Check out his blog for links to other posts and the recap.
Last night we sampled a variety of smoked meat at Cooper’s Old Time Pit Barbecue in Llano, Texas. What makes barbecue different in Llano is that pitmasters [...]