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Finding Beer in Pittsburgh

Thursday, 01 October 2009 14:02

By Joel Rathgaber

Last June, I traveled to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania for a conference and naturally scoped out as much good beer as I could in the area.  I was staying at Carnegie Mellon University, in an area of Pittsburgh called Oakland.  With CMU and University of Pittsburgh both situated in the area, I figured there must be somewhere to get good beer nearby.  Although craft beer was not as available as I had hoped, I did manage to find a couple spots.

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You Can't Win if You Don't Enter

Tuesday, 08 September 2009 14:52

By Mark Heise

I try to encourage everyone in our club to enter competitions.  Yes, beer is a social thing, and our club certainly wants to promote this aspect and have lots of fun, but we ultimately are a Brewing club, not a Party or Drinking club.  Feedback is important.  I want to be a better brewer, and I want you to be better brewer too.  We can do this through informal tastings, but competitions are the closest you can get to unbiased feedback and assessment.

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Laughing Dog Brewing

Monday, 07 September 2009 13:02

by Rick August & Shelley Whitehead

After tasting their fine imperial IPA at the Oregon Brewers Festival in Portland, Oregon, we stopped briefly on the way home to explore the Laughing Dog Brewing in Ponderay, Idaho, just north of Sandpoint.

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Regina's Beer Culture

Thursday, 18 June 2009 11:09

A while back the Canadian Tourism Commission was in Regina to showcase our outstanding beer culture.  I had the opportunity to be part of the shoot, as well as Grant from Bushwakkers and Chef Malcolm at Beer Bros.  Check out the video and let me know what you think!

 

 

ALES Homebrew Open 2009 - Results

Sunday, 19 April 2009 15:30

The results are in! Thanks to all of our sponsors and to all of the volunteer stewards and judges that came out and made the week run so smoothly. Congratulations to all the winners.  The quality of the entries this year was once again unbelievable.  Without further delay, the big winners are:

Cider-Maker of the Year: Mark Heise - ALES

Mead-Maker of the Year: Ryan Coulthard - ALES

Homebrewer of the Year: Mark Heise - ALES

Club of the Year: ALES

Best of Show: Eric Eccelstone - Biergotter

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