Distillery
TRP visited the Distillery in May of 2012, where the tagline is “No Crap, Just Craft” and they live up to the bill. In a town that has so many pubs the Distillery provides Savannah, GA with a true craft beer experience. They feature 21 draft taps and over 100 bottled beers, none of which [...]
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Blind Lady Ale House
TRP visited Blind Lady Ale House in November of 2011. BLAH came highly recommended to us by beer geeks in the San Diego area and did not disappoint. Located in the Normal Heights area of San Diego it has great atmosphere that comes from an open layout, vintage beer bric-a-brac decorating the walls, and a dark wood interior. [...]
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Cottonwood 76 (Gas Station)
TRP visited the Cottonwood 76 in January of 2012. Our good friends in Cottonwood, AZ had told us that there was a gas station with a great beer selection that we should check out. I figured it would probably have a slightly above average selection with a Rogue, New Belgium, and Sam Adams option over the usual Blue Moon and [...]
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The Funky Buddha Lounge
TRP post courtesy of our East Coast, Nick: The Funky Buddha Lounge is located next to a dry cleaners in a strip mall right off of a major road in Boca Raton, Florida. It’s the kind of place that you could easily drive past. I know from experience. I only missed it once, but keep [...]
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Austin Beerworks
TRP visited Austin Beerworks in January 2012 just months after Austin Beerworks first opened for business in 2011. The four founders Michael, Will, Adam and Mike set out to make a beer that Austin could be proud of. I have to say that they have succeeded in this effort as you can see ABW beer [...]
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Swamp Head Brewery
TRP visited Swamp Head Brewery in Gainesville, FL in March of 2012. Gainesville is the home of the University of Florida Gators and you will find the brewery on the outskirts of town, located in a small warehouse park. SHB is a craft brewery with a moderately sized tasting room that flows over into the brew house. Swamp Head Brewery started in August of 2008 with [...]
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Pensacola Bay Brewery
TRP visited the Pensacola Bay Brewery in March of 2012. PBBrewery is located in the Historic Pensacola Village. The location makes for a good scenic walk before or after a couple beers at the brewery. It also makes it harder to run a tasting room. The Historic Pensacola Village is not allowed to have “bars” which essentially menas that PBB can’t sell beer. So [...]
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Southern Star Brewing Co.
TRP visited Southern Star Brewing in February of 2012. We made our way to Conroe, TX after receiving several recommendations from Austin brewers. Conroe is close enough to Houston that many consider it suburb of the big city. The brewery was started in 2008 by avid frisbee golf enthusiasts Brian Hutchins and Dave Fougeron. Southern Star is probably best known for their Bombshell Blonde Ale, [...]
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North by Northwest Restaurant & Brewery
TRP visited North by Northwest Brewery in Austin, TX in January of 2012. After our encounter with NXNW’s Beerliner we had to check out the actual brewery that was making the delicious liquid we were sampling the night before. Davis Tucker started NXNW in 1984 after running a contract brewing facility in the area for [...]
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Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co.
TRP visited Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co in February of 2012 on our way from New Orleans to Pensacola. LMC is known as “Mississippi’s brewery ” for two reasons 1) they make really good beer and 2) there are no other other micro breweries in Mississippi, although there is a brewpub in Hattiesburg. Lazy Magnolia is located [...]
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Black Star Co-Op
TRP visited Black Star Co-Op in February of 2012. Black Star is the world’s first co-operatively owned and worker self managed brewpub in the US. According to Wikipedia: A cooperative (aka co-op) is an autonomous association of persons who voluntarily cooperate for their mutual social, economic, and cultural benefit. Cooperatives include non-profit community organizations and [...]
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NOLA Brewery
TRP first visited NOLA Brewery in February 2012. NOLA Brewing was founded in 2008 by Kirk Coco & Peter Caddoo (former Dixie Brewing brewmaster) with a goal of bringing a once proud brewing tradition back to New Orleans. They have four flagship beers, NOLA Blonde, NOLA Brown Ale, Hopitoulas, their IPA, and 7th Street Wheat, [...]
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