Archive for the 'The Session' Category

Session #32 wrapped up, #33 announced

Monday, October 5th, 2009

I plead work. Unfortunately I missed round 32 of The Session, but Girl Likes Beer has the roundup.
Meanwhile Andy Couch has announced the topic for No. 33 will be Framing Beer. The explanation is a little complicated, and you might want to read the whole thing, but here are a few of the options:
Relate an [...]

Session #31 wrapped up, #32 announced

Friday, September 11th, 2009

BetterBeerBlog has the roundup for Session #31: “Best Summer Beer” and Girl Like Beer announced the topic of No. 32 (Oct. 2): Eastern Beers.
I would like you to pick your favorite beer made east form your hometown but east enough that it is already in a different country. It can be from the closest [...]

The Session #31: Summer beers

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Where did the summer go?
Another Session tomorrow (Friday) and the theme is “summer beers.” Peter Estanial, of the Better Beer Blog, plays host and has the details.
With the summer coming to a close, what was your favorite beer of the summer? It doesn’t even have to be from this summer. Is it a lager [...]

The Session #30: Beer Desserts

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Don’t forget that Beer 47 hosts The Session on Friday. The topic is “Beer Desserts.”
David Jensen writes “What beer desserts have you tried and liked? Disliked? What beer styles work well with dessert and which ones do not? Do you have any beer dessert recipes that you enjoyed and would like to share?”
All you have [...]

Session #29 round up posted

Monday, July 6th, 2009

The most mentioned destinations for The Session #29 were San Diego, Belgium and Portland. Pretty good choices if you traveling for beer, but if you read the entries in our monthly gathering you’ll find a lot more, plus many excellent tips.
Gail and Steve from Beer by BART have the complete roundup.

 

Session #29: 5 essential beer destinations

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

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 [...]

Session #29 announced: Will Travel for Beer

Monday, June 8th, 2009

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 [...]

Session #28 roundup posted

Saturday, June 6th, 2009

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 [...]

Session #28: Handpumps and hops around the world

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

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 [...]

Session #28 revealed: Drink globally

Monday, May 4th, 2009

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 [...]