Draft Magazine

When it comes to craft beer, there are lots of flavors and aromas to be enjoyed. Along with the wide variety of tastes and smells comes just as many ways to describe them. Most use this term to point to the bitterness of a beer. Let’s compare hoppy vs bitter to see if these terms are being used correctly and how we can better our vocabulary and expand our thinking.

Two articles ago I described a shorter road trip up California and Oregon. Several long days of driving took us from Portland, OR all the way back into the Midwest. This article is dedicated to my wife, as 3 of the 4 breweries I am about to discuss were hit only due to her patience. My stops in Boise, ID, Laramie, WY, and Norkfolk, NE were not places we spent the night, they were simply along the route…

The big day has come and gone for the Sierra Nevada Mills River Beer Camp. So many things to do and lots of beer to try especially the Employee Collaborations: did it live up to the expectations and hype? We parked at the Hendersonville Courthouse where several busses were ready and ready. Several people asked where the actual brewery was and were informed it was simply another road off the roundabout.

Licking County gained its eighth craft brewer with the recent debut of Earthworks Brewing. Earthworks released its first beer last week, an elderberry cherry ale named Elder Burried. The small batch production-only brewery takes its name from the area’s famous mounds built by the Hopewells more than 1500 years ago. Owners Jaron McCoy, Steve Henry and Brady Newton are carving out a unique niche in the Central Ohio craft beer scene by brewing beers that come from the earth, so to speak. There’s a reason we are named Earthworks,” said McCoy.