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CBoTB: Blind Taste Test of Southern Tier’s Pumking
‘Tis the season for… pumpkin ales! And every year, I have to talk about the one pumpkin ale that is far and away my favorite in this style! It...
CBoTB: Three New Beers from DuClaw!
The story of DuClaw Brewing is a great one. After more than 20 years of operation, DuClaw reinvented itself in 2017, making radical and wonderful changes in their brewing...
CBoTB: Pumpkin Ales Tasting Session-Part II
Last week I shared my tasting experiences on two Pumpkin Ales that are not part of my annual Pumpkin Ale stockpiling. You can hear or read my thoughts on...
CBoTB: Pumpkin Ales Tasting Session-Part I
With Fall now officially here and Halloween and Thanksgiving on the horizon, craft breweries are again releasing a wide variety of seasonal, limited release beers, with the two most...
CBoTB: Barrel Aged Craft Beer
Beer has been aged in wooden barrels for centuries, but as technology changed, wooden barrels were put aside and ultimately stainless steel became the primary material for brewing systems. ...
CBoTB: Nano Breweries
In the early 1980’s, the beer world started to change because of the very slow, but very real emergence of craft breweries. For the first time in decades, instead...
CBoTB: Four Beers in Four Days
Another great weekend is here, and this one’s a little longer! I know some people think of Labor Day Weekend as the unofficial end of summer, but like a...
CBoTB-Cigar City Brewing
Like you, I enjoy trying new beers, whether from a brewery I already know well and love, or from a brewery I’ve never heard of. And, I suspect that...
CBoTB-Independent Brewing’s Response to COVID-19
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic is being felt everywhere. Theses times aren’t easy for anyone. We’re all faced with decisions about how to take care of ourselves and...
CBOTB: Farm Breweries
Over the last six years, the Maryland General Assembly has passed a series of laws that have provided opportunities for breweries to increase beer production and expand where and...
CBoTB: Key Brewing Company
Key Brewing is about to celebrate their 5th Anniversary of brewing craft beer in Dundalk. The quality, variety and creativity behind their beers has led them to emerge as...
CBoTB: Taste Test of Two Tropical IPA’s
Two weeks ago, I talked about the history and sub-styles in the IPA beer style—the most popular craft beer in the United States. Then last week, I shared a...
CBoTB: Triple IPA Taste Test
Triple IPA Taste Test Last week I talked about the many sub-styles within the IPA beer style: traditional IPA, Double, Triple, Imperial, Tropical, Black, West Coast, New England, Milkshake,...
CBoTB: The Most Popular Beer Style in America
The Most Popular Beer Style in America When I first started drinking IPAs, the were commonly identified on bottle labels and menus as India Pale Ales. The beer style...
CBoTB: Pilsners in Summer!
When I first started drinking craft beer a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… there weren’t many available. At that time, I was drinking imported beer,...
CBoTB: Locally Grown Ingredients
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I have been unable to visit craft breweries for the last four months. As a result, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay...
CBoTB: Yards Brewing Company
The year was 1994. I was living in Philadelphia and already well into my craft beer journey and was looking for every craft beer I could find. The internet...
CBoTB: 5th Anniversary of Flying Dog Brewery’s Dead Rise
I received an email last week from Eve Butt, Director of Public Relations for Flying Dog Brewery. Eve wrote to let me know that Flying Dog is celebrating the...
CBoTB: Nanticoke Nectar from RaR Brewing
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Waverly Brewing
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Hops Effect on Beer – Part II
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Hops Effect on Beer – Part I
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Independent Brewing – Part II: The Art of Brewing
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Independent Brewing – Part II: The A...
CBoTB:–Independent Brewing – Part II: The Art of Brewing
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Independent Brewing – Part I: The Beginning
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Flying Dog Brewing’s Dead Rise Summer Ale
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Flying Dog – The History & Snake Dog
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Devils Backbone’s 16 Point Imperial IPA
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Ruhlman Brewing Company
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, I am unable to visit breweries. Subsequently, we are repeating Craft Beer on The Bay blogs and podcasts from the last six years. This...
CBoTB: Elder Pine Brewing & Blending Company
While there are certain practical and legally proper steps that every brewery takes as it prepares to open, how it actually happens is always an interesting story. I visited...
Craft Beer on the Bay: Taprooms and Bars Adjust to the Coronavirus Outbreak
We’re all dealing with a lot of changes. Nothing is the same today as it was yesterday. And life is radically different from just one month ago. Every aspect...
CBoTB: Maui Brewing Company
The bucket list. Some people think of that as a list of things to do before you “kick the bucket”. I prefer to think about the concept as being...
CBoTB: Sam Adams Utopias
This past December at the 100.7 The Bay Christmas Party, the staff got together and gave me a gift of a beer that I thought I’d never have simply...
CBoTB: New Limited Release Beers from DuClaw Brewing
Back in September, I spent some time with Dave Benfield, Madeline Caldwell and Austin Simmons from DuClaw Brewing Company and then featured the wonderful turn-around story of DuClaw Brewing...
CBoTB: 16th Annual Belgian Beer Fest at Max’s Taphouse
Today is the day! And at 6am this morning, the line was wrapped around the block! The 16th Annual Belgian Beer Fest at Max’s Taphouse kicked off at 11am...
CBoTB: Oliver Brewing Part III-Tasting Beers
Last week in in Part II on Oliver Brewing, Head Brewer Steve Jones told us about the move from brewing at Oliver’s original site on Pratt Street to their...
CBoTB: Oliver Brewing-Part II: From Pratt Street to Shannon Drive
Last week, Oliver Brewing’s Steve Jones, filled us in on how he got started in brewing and then, ultimately, became their Head Brewer. In this Part II of the...
CBoTB: Oliver Brewing Pt 1: Head Brewer, Steve Jones
Oliver Brewing has been brewing beer in Baltimore for 27 years, the longest operating craft brewery in Maryland. Yesterday afternoon, I spent some time with Steve Jones, Oliver Brewing’s...
CBoTB: Sierra Nevada Hoppy Anniversary Ale
The year was 1993. I was in San Diego for a radio Program Directors conference and joined a large group of fellow Program Directors for dinner at a restaurant...
CBoTB-Mad Tree Brewing
About a year and a half ago, Heavy Seas Brewmaster, Chris Leonard, and I got together to talk about collaboration in brewing. During that conversation, he told me about...
CBoTB: Troegs Independent Brewing-The Splinter Series
Today, in Part IV on Troegs Independent Brewing, Co-Founders Chris and John Trogner tell us about their Splinter Series beer and the importance of aging beer in massive oak...
CBoTB-Troegs Independent Brewing-Recipe Development
In this part three of our four-part series on Troegs Independent Brewing, Co-Founders, John and Chris Trogner, tell us about their process for developing recipes. Troeg’s created their 15...
CBoTB-Troegs Independent Brewing-History Part II
Last week, Troegs Independent Brewing Co-Founders, John and Chris Trogner, told us about the events that led to their decision to open a own brewery. In part two of...
CBoTB-Troegs Independent Brewing -History
I visited Troegs Independent Brewing in Hershey, Pennsylvania earlier this week and quickly saw that a key component to Troegs success is the teamwork that this talented group of...
CBoTB-Independent Brewing’s Funkhouse!
Welcome to the Funkhouse, Independent Brewing’s second—and new—taproom at their Bel Air Brewery. Independent Brewing’s Founder, Phil Rhudy, and I got together a couple days ago in Independent’s cool...
CBoTB-Cellaring Beer
Over the last several years, barrel-aged beers have become available from more and more breweries. The surge in popularity of sour beers, in particular, has led brewers to use...
CBoTB-Crooked Crab Brewing-Tasting Beers
Last week in Part I of this 2-part series on Crooked Crab Brewing, Co-Founder Earl Holman and Head Brewer Adam Osborn each told us about how a love for...
CBoTB-Crooked Crab Brewing Co.-How It All Started
Crooked Crab Brewing opened in Odenton in February 2018 and is one of Maryland’s best new breweries. I visited the brewery recently and talked with General Manager, Earl Holman. ...
CBoTB-Southern Tier Brewing–Developing Recipes
On my visit to the Southern Tier Brewery in Lakewood, New York last month, I had the chance to talk with Head Brewer Jason Hitchcock while taking a tour...
CBoTB-Southern Tier Brewing – Pumking & Overpack’d
When I visited the Southern Tier Brewery last month, I had the chance to spend some time with Matt Dunn, Southern Tier’s VP of Operations. Last week, Matt filled...