Epic Beer Is Good

Dear Sunday Star Times Editor



Thanks for running the article “Pub turf war has small brewers in a froth over the two big players” by Esther Harward - Sunday Star Times on Sunday 29th August 2010 about the situation regarding the small breweries battle trying to get their beer on in bars and restaurants against Lion & DB’s anti-competitive practices… Continue

Beervana is the one time of the year that you can visit a single location in New Zealand and try the largest range of New Zealand brewed beers in one place. On offer there will be over 160 different beers from all around the country.

The benefits of this are you get the freshest be… Continue

Anyway, my travels took me to three major Californian cities that have
some really great beer bars. So as a quick guide for others traveling to
these cities. This isn't a definitive guide, as there are many more
great beer places, but these places were at the top of my wish list, and
came with many recommendations from people that know.

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In case you missed my rant about the AIBA awards, the dinner, the judging, etc, then head to my personal blog

http://luke.co.nz/review-australian-interntaional-beer-awards-2

I needed a place to record my recent trip to the USA to answer all those questions people have asked me about it.



The main reason for my trip was to judge at the 2010 World Beer Cup, then attend the Craft Brewers Conference. I thought I would take the time before the event to check out the beer scene in the US since it had been two years since I had been there.



So this first part is my few days in San Francisco.



Living in New Zealand and flying to California I… Continue