SF BEER WEEK: 2010 RECAP (ROUND 2)

Where were we? Ah yes, I last left off on Wednesday.
Thursday — February 11th

1. OYSTER FEST — Magnolia Brewpub — San Francisco, CA

About The Event: Magnolia’s menu featured 5-6 west coast varieties of freshly shucked oysters plus oysters prepared in other various ways including: marinated, BBQ’d, Rockefeller, in chowder and a Hangtown Fry, frisee salad [...]

Belgian Beer Mussels

Mussels are hands down one of my favorite things to eat.
Humans have used mussels as food for thousands of years.
Mussels are particularly popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France – where they are consumed with french fries (”mosselen met friet” or “moules frites”) or bread.

Depending on the source, mussel season is either considered to be any month ending [...]

The Hop Press Team “On Tap”

This week, I decided to write a fun little article about my fellow Hop Press featured publishers so that our readers can get to know us all better.
The question I posed to the Hop Press team was: If you were a style of beer, what style would you be and why?
Allow me to present my Hop [...]

The Wench’s Library

My friend and fellow HOP PRESS featured publisher, Josh Christie has inspired me to write a post about my most influential books. His blog “Brews and Books” has been very inspirational to me as both as beer geek and book nerd. I’m very honored to be a co-publisher with Josh for Hop Press. Cheers Josh!!
As [...]

Great Lakes Craft Brewers & Water Conservation Conference

Recently, I had the opportunity to attend the Great Lakes Craft Brewers & Water Conservation Conference, where I had the honor of presenting a powerpoint on water conservation in brewpub kitchens. The conference was organized by Lucy Saunders, craft beer industry guru and author of “Cooking With Beer.”
This was the first independent conference designed to [...]

The Beer Wench Story

Hello. new friends. Allow me to formally introduce myself.
My name is The Beer Wench and I’m obsessed with craft beer.
So how exactly did I become The Beer Wench? Well kids, sit back and allow Wenchie to tell you a little story.

As with many craft beer enthusiasts, my appreciation for beer started pretty early in life. [...]