Favorite Links


Beer Advocate -- Beer ratings, news and lots of information

Top 100 Beers Checklist -- How many of these can we get for 2008?

Got ...Beer?! -- Beer is my health food...  Beer vs. Milk

RateBeer.com -- More beer ratings and reviews

Craft Beer Radio -- Jeff and Greg’s Beer Podcast

Realbeer.com -- What part of beer don’t you understand?

Here’s to Beer -- Cool video showing the entire process “from barley to bar”

Beer Connoisseur -- Beer School Online (and it free!)

History of Beer -- Chronological timeline of beer in America

History of Beer II -- Not enough? History of beer in the world

Tasting Beer -- Guide to describe tastes by the “Odor Flavor Wheel”

Here’s to Beer -- Too cool, even if I can’t figure out the beer tie in...

Beer of the Month Club -- Site includes archives of their newsletters.


Favorite Microbreweries


AleSmith Brewing Co -- San Diego, CA

Allagash Brewing Co -- Portland, Maine

Arcadia Brewing Co -- Battle Creek, MI

Boston Beer Co (Samuel Adams) -- Boston, MA (online beer encyclopedia)

Bell’s -- Kalamazoo, MI (Another cool web site)

Dogfish Head -- Milton, Delaware (with brewpubs in  DE and MD)

Founders Brewing Co -- Grand Rapids, MI

Goose Island -- Chicago, IL

Great Divide -- Denver, CO

Magic Hat - South Burlington, VT (very cool web site)

New Holland -- Holland, MI

New Glarus Brewing Co -- New Glarus, WI

Rogue -- Newport, OR

Russian River Brewing Co -- Santa Rosa, CA

Southern Tier -- Lakewood, NY

Stone Brewery -- San Diego, Ca, Most arrogant brewery...

Three Floyd’s Brewing Co -- Munster, IN

Unibroue -- Chambly, Quebec.  Be sure and send me a virtual postcard.

Weyerbacher -- Easton, PA


Favorite Brewpubs


Church Brew Works -- Pittsburgh PA


Beer Festivals


Dayton AleFest -- Dayton’s own annual festival

Great American Beer Festival -- I hear this one is pretty big too...


Local Establishments

Chappys Tap Room & Grille