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The Thirsty Hopster
Beer of the Week is something I like to pull out every once in a while around here when something impresses me enough, for whatever reason, that it deserves a column of its own. There are lots of fabulous beers that never get named Beer of the Week, and lots of weeks that never get [...]
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The Thirsty Hopster
This past Sunday was the 5th installment of the Thirsty Hopster Tasting Series, and the first time we’ve partnered up with a local bar to enhance the experience. Initially, I thought ‘enhance the experience’ would just mean that everyone would be guaranteed a seat and there’d be no more discreetly hustling crates of beer [...]
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The Thirsty Hopster
If you are at all interested in food culture or in eco-sustainability and the whole green movement, it’s hard to miss all the hubbub that has been brewing over the huge Slow Food Nation event in town this weekend. I won’t be able to make it, unfortunately, since I’ll be in LA for a wedding. [...]
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The Thirsty Hopster
It’s been several days since the Marin Brewing Wood Aged Beer night at Toronado last Wednesday and the Firestone Night at City Beer Store last Thursday, but my homebrewing fiascos left me too worn out to write these up right away. I can’t let them slip by unnoticed though, as the mix of beers I [...]
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11:18
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The Thirsty Hopster
Gail and I have been planning to homebrew together for months, but with both of our busy schedules, it just wasn’t possible… until yesterday! Now that I’ve got a little extra time on my hands and Gail was able to take a half-day off work, we resolved to get down to some serious business.
The [...]
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19:17
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The Thirsty Hopster
I spend the better part of my free time (by some accounts the better part of my waking hours) drinking beer and attending beer events. And yet, just when it seems like nothing will come along to top the last great festival, the last great dinner, or the last great pilgrimage to the brewery [...]
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16:01
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The Thirsty Hopster
Hi everyone,
I just wanted to update you all on the Belgian Fusion tasting I am organizing at The Trappist this Sunday, August 24th, from noon to 2pm.
There are a few spots left! So, if you want to come but thought you had missed your chance to get tickets, you’re in luck! Didn’t win those free [...]
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The Thirsty Hopster
As someone who loves all things that come in matching sets (I once spent 5 hours at IKEA picking out a wardrobe because all the complimentary options were just too overwhelming), I am naturally a fan of split batches of beer. There’s no better way to understand yeast than to taste two beers that started [...]
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12:59
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The Thirsty Hopster
Man! I have never seen a bottle-buying frenzy the likes of which was taking place at Toronado last night.
When I arrived at 10 minutes after 6pm, there were already guys at the bar with hordes of bottles lined up in front of them like bowling pins. As I sidled up to the end [...]
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12:43
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The Thirsty Hopster
One of my goals now that I am ‘fun-employed’, so to speak, is to update the functionality of this website. There’s a lot more it could be doing right now that it’s just not. Most of all, I’d like to add a calendar function so that you all can more easily keep track [...]
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The Thirsty Hopster
Say what you will about the, ahem, ‘customer service’ at Toronado (and I say plenty myself) but there’s no denying that they come back with the best beers from the best breweries week after week. You’d think maybe I’d had enough of Lost Abbey after visiting the brewery and buying bottles to take home and [...]
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The Thirsty Hopster
If Italy was about not drinking beer (no beer for 4.5 days - I think that’s the longest I’ve gone in months!), then London was its opposite. We did little else but drink beer. That little else including walking by Buckingham Palace and trying to take a picture with a guard who, despite [...]
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The Thirsty Hopster
Hi all,
I am sad to report that not only have I failed to find and drink any good beer here in Italy, but I don’t think I’ve even had any beer since arriving here. Though, given the first situation (no good beer), I can’t say I’m too disappointed about the second situation (no beer at [...]
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The Thirsty Hopster
Welcome back, everyone. Sorry about the delay - I am traveling sans-laptop this time around and finding opportunities to blog has been difficult. I am in Florence, an hour away from heading into the Italian countryside for some wine tasting (I am a traitor, but sometimes when the family sets the agenda, wine wins out). [...]
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