Simply Beer In The News
Victory Brewing Company wins Craft Beer & BBQ Festival
by Pete Genovese
The Star-Ledger, September 09, 2009
The Victory Brewing Company’s HopDevil Ale was a winner at the Craft Beer & BBQ Festival at Monmouth Park.
Victory had a good day at the track.
Downington, Pa.-based Victory Brewing Company walked off with top honors at the Craft Beer & BBQ Festival, held Saturday and Sunday at Monmouth Park.
Victory’s HopDevil Ale and Golden Monkey, a Belgian-style ale, shared first-place honors from a panel of judges that included Peter Kennedy of simplybeer.com. Read More >>
Gonzo and In-Heat Wheat outshine the competition
Posted by josh
Flying Dog News, July 8, 2009
Published in Gonzo Imperial Porter, In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen, Podcasts
SimplyBeer.com has been conducting a series of “Beer Brawls”, where a group of guys buy a group of similar beers from a group of great American craft breweries. They drink these brews and talk about them in a lengthy podcast. Read More >>
Another Great Beer Dinner
July 8, 2009
Amanti Vino News
A few weeks back we took over Restaurant Passionné in Montclair and had Chef/Owner Michael Carrino prepare an incredible tasting menu to match the distinctive beers of DogFish Head Brewery. Read More >>

This beer was given to me by Amanti Vino to review and to be quite frank, it probably isn’t a beer I would have picked up to begin with. But, with that said I go in with an open mind hoping for the best. It is actually a pretty stupid reason why I wouldn’t have purchased [...]
Posted on March 11, 2010 at 1:23 pm in Beer Reviews, Hefe-Weizen.
Tags: Beer Review, Mahr's Brau, Saphire, Weiss
There are 6 comments on this post.
What happens when Captain Lawrence brings in one of their biggest supporters who happens to also be a high end food market? You get a Abbey Ale made with Imported Italian Chestnut Honey and Jam. I’m not even sure what “Italian Chestnut honey and jam” is, but it peaked my interest. As a big supporter [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 10:28 pm in Abbey Ale, Beer Reviews.
Tags: Beer Review, Birra DeCicco, Captain Lawrence, Cheasnuts
There are 7 comments on this post.
One of the coolest things about having a beer blog is meeting cool beer people and going to industry events. Monday night was no different; the release party for Brooklyn Breweries latest Brewmaster’s Reserve Series beer, Dark Matter.
As one of the lucky few who actually had Dark Matter when it was an employee only private [...]
Posted on March 10, 2010 at 1:13 pm in For the Love of Beer.
Tags: Brewery Release, Brooklyn Brewery, Dark Matter
There are 5 comments on this post.
This beer will be a first for me; the first time I’ve reviewed the same beer twice. My first Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast review was in April of 2009, almost a year later and I want to see if it is just as good, better, or worse as it was last year. I love my [...]
Posted on March 5, 2010 at 9:00 am in Beer Reviews, Stout.
Tags: Beer Geek Breakfast, Beer Review, Mikkeller
There are 8 comments on this post.
Having known a few Celiacs, the one thing they ask me: “Are there any good beers out there for us?” There are a lot of people allergic to Wheat and Barley making beer unpleasant to a life threatening drink. Lately I have seen a few Gluten free beers come to market, most barely able to [...]
Posted on March 4, 2010 at 9:08 am in Beer Reviews, Tripel.
Tags: Beer Review, Celiacs, Gluten Free, Green's, tripel
There are 8 comments on this post.