Jun 19, 2013
In northeast Brazil, June is a time to celebrate a successful corn harvest, express gratitude for the rainy season as it draws to a close, and recognize the Feast of St. John. There’s dancing, music, fireworks, bonfires, paper parachute balloons, and many corn...
Jun 19, 2013
A friend who read last week’s column on Stone Levitation Ale posed the query and response: “why is low-gravity beer desirable again? Gimmie Stone’s Ruination or Arrogant Bastard or the Smoked Porter any day.” To which I responded something to the effect that brewing...
Jun 12, 2013
Charleston has been called many things. The Holy City. Chucktown. Tennis Town, U.S.A. America’s Most Friendliest City. West Ashley has also been called many things that aren’t near as flattering. Well, the snooty ol’ peninsula can keep its nicknames, because West...
Jun 12, 2013
I know in recent weeks I have been trumpeting the horns of many big time beers. Double IPAs, Old Ales, a crazy curry Imperial Stout. There are some wild and wooly and strong beers on the shelves. But I want to again praise the continued trend of the craft beer that’s...
Jun 5, 2013
Every Saturday morning, now through September, Fields Farm of Johns Island brings their freshest picks to John Wesley United Methodist Church’s front lawn on Savannah Highway. From 9 a.m. to 12 noon, anyone can come check out the produce and purchase it in exchange...
Jun 5, 2013
If I were to ask you about the first American craft beer you ever tried, can you remember it? Tough question, I realize. If you’re anything like me, you have had many many craft beers over many many many years. Yet, I still remember my first American craft beer-a Sam...
