Local beerfests aplenty
I realized two things about the WinterFest that was held at The Market Common on Jan. 16. First thing: A beer festival could happen anywhere, but if you throw in oysters from South Carolina, you've got a cultural event.
The other Budweiser
LONDON | It was Jan. 2, the day that would change my holiday trip to the United Kingdom. I was at The Swan restaurant next to Shakespeare's Globe, a remake of the old Globe Theatre.
Just One More
I was a little distracted when I tried Gordon Biersch's Wheat Bock. It was the day after Christmas. As I sat at the bar, the center flat panel screen was tuned into CNN, which was reporting on a terrorist's attempted attack on an international flight landing in Detroit.
Making a wholesale beer run
It was a beer run with a membership card. I heard Costco Wholesale's brand, Kirkland, had its own microbrew 24-pack, so it was my duty to purchase one.
Going Mobile
I hit 40 back in September. As a gift, Kent Kimes, the editor of this fine family-oriented publication, bought us tickets to see Roger Daltrey's Nov. 24 concert at the North Charleston Performing Arts Center.
Bock to the Future - Again
Gordon Biersch Restaurant Brewery at The Market Common held - or at least, at press time, was slated to hold - its keg-tapping party for the seasonal Winter Bock on Tuesday, but brewing chief Pete Velez (pictured below) invited me to a sneak preview in light of Surge's deadline.
New South Has Can-Do Spirit
It was late on deadline day when I picked up a voicemail from Dave Epstein, owner of New South Brewing Co. in Myrtle Beach. Epstein said his canning operation is now underway. White Ale, New South's most popular beer at the taps, has started to appear in...
from bakery to bar
If you've lived on the Grand Strand for any length of time, you know exactly how to follow a cup of coffee and a cannoli. You follow them with a beer.
on an oktoberfest mission
A friend sent me a text message on Oct. 3 around 1:30 p.m., asking me if I was at the Oktoberfest at The Market Common. I typed back to inform him that the Oktoberfest didn't begin until 3 p.m.
achtung baby: oktoberfest is here
Thanks to pop culture, most Americans know three German words:
birthdays and oktoberfests to celebrate
I hit 40 this month. I was born in Oktoberfest season. German Oktoberfests, historically, have begun in September, and that is the cosmic significance of my birthday.
Calculating Blood Alcohol Level is Sobering
Pick Me Up, or Put Me Down?
From Freestyle to Freeze-Style
trip west offers sampling opportunities
It seemed like a good idea at the time. While three friends from my graduate school were flying out to Bozeman, Mont., to visit a fourth friend from the same program, I thought I would drive it. I've flown over the Atlantic three times, but I never realized how...
cider house rules
You would have to know Kristi to understand how she, my wife, would be a proper connoisseur of hard ciders. Woodchuck Amber is her favorite, but she'll settle for Hornby's Crisp Apple in a pinch, and she thought Original Sin Hard Cider was OK.