THE Session Beer Article
Needed to post this one on the blog for safe keeping, it’s a keeper. I have nothing to add, other than the fact this is the second time I’ve been quoted with an emphatic “bullshit” when a more suitable word escaped me. I’ll let Lew take it from here – his article in the Massachusetts Beverage [...]
Session Beer Backlash
The Session Beer Project has some recent posts that include Notch and other Session Beer related topics. The Notch stuff includes some thoughts on our two recent beers, Summer Session and Hop Session, as well as a disclaimer that there is no financial link between Notch and the SBP. I love the latter (although the tasting [...]
American Craft Beer Week
American Craft Beer Week kicks off today, as beer lovers, craft brewers, homebrewers, beer distributors, retailers, and even U.S. Congress are all making special plans. Organized by the Brewers Association, ACBW celebrates small and independent craft brewers, and highlights all that America loves about craft beer. At Notch, we’ll be having another Notch Session later this week [...]
Anchor Brewing Sold
The news of Anchor Brewing leaked earlier this week, and I remembered my great fortune in having dinner with Fritz Maytag at a brewers’ conference about 10 years ago. I can’t remember the conference, or the city, but I remember the dinner with Fritz. Our brewery was about six years old at the time, his [...]
Love or hate, he made it happen.
25 years ago the craft beer landscape was pretty barren. The few guys making small batches at the time were thought of as the lunatic fringe. And then appeared this guy in a suit, and he changed the game. And even if you thought he was a snake oil salesman back in the day, you [...]