Octoberfest got its start more than 200 years ago in Munich, Germany. Everyone knows that Germans love their beer, so it makes sense that they would have a festival devoted to beer. But is this the real reason for the existence of Octoberfest? One day a bunch of Germans got together and decided to [...]
If you live in Annapolis and you live and breathe (er, drink) craft beer, you’re in luck. You’re also in luck if you simply enjoy good beer, good music, and a great way to spend the afternoon. The Annapolis Craft Beer and Music Festival is back for its second showing at the Navy-Marine Corps [...]
Drinks made from concentrated powders have been around for a pretty long time now. Kool Aid has been around since the 1920’s, and everybody seems to love those little Crystal Light packets you can add to your water to make it taste like a variation of fruit. This is all well and good, but [...]
We know what you’re thinking. “What could a beertail possibly be? I’ve heard about a beer’s head but never its tail.” Well, that’s because beers don’t have a tail. The tail comes from cocktail, or the mixing of a beer and a cocktail to create a beertail. Because sometimes you can’t decide between an [...]
When the word stout comes up, most people think of Guinness and not much else. While they might not enjoy the popularity of the all-powerful light beers or even ales, pale ales and lagers, stout beers are beginning to step out of the shadows of obscurity. Here’s a few facts about stout beer that [...]
Even though there is a lot of beer is brewed in Baltimore, we’re nowhere near the top consumer for beer in the nation. In fact, Maryland saw no change from 2011 to 2012 according to the Beer Institute. They found that people in Maryland drank about 23.2 gallons of beer in 2012. The numbers [...]
There’s a new beer out that may sound like a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup in a bottle. One Maryland-based brewer has recently come out with a new beer to simulate just that. It’s DuClaw Brewing’s Sweet Baby Jesus that fills the void of the chocolate peanut butter-loving beer drinker. As for the specific details of the [...]
Beer Kegs: we’ve all seen them at various house parties and tailgating events, but do you know how a beer keg actually works? That circular, round aluminum keg which delivers the crisp, cool beer on the go. It’s a portable draft that has livened up millions of events that otherwise may have just stuck [...]
