Last summer I took a road trip to Richmond, Virginia. With craft beer rising to popularity over the past ten years or so, most city tourism bureaus nowadays have a beer guide of some sort available on their website, but you can only imagine my thrill when I discovered Richmond's Beer Trail and just how... Continue Reading →
In early June this year my job took me to Phoenix to work a conference. It was my first time ever in Arizona and coincided with a milestone birthday for me, so I decided to extend my trip to be a workcation, which involved renting a car and driving down to Tombstone with a two... Continue Reading →
2024 for me has been the year of the bleisure trip - I've been fortunate enough to take several business trips this year, and being tight on money now that those student loan payments have kicked back in post-pandemic (*sigh*), I've used my opportunities this year to add on vacation days to my business trips.... Continue Reading →
I grew up going on day trips to Baltimore, Maryland all the time for the aquarium, but had never visited the Maryland state capitol of Annapolis, located a bit further south along the Chesapeake Bay. Aside from being the state capitol, Annapolis is next best known for being the home of the United States Naval... Continue Reading →
The Danube River region has a long history of brewing beer, and given their proximity to Czechia, which holds the record for per capita beer consumption, beer is a big part of the culture in the countries of Slovakia and Hungary. I visited the capital cities of Bratislava and Budapest, and tried a few regional... Continue Reading →
Austria doesn't receive a lot of attention in the beer scene, often being overshadowed by the renowned brews of neighboring Germany and Czechia. But Austria does have its own robust collection of both historic breweries and newer, smaller craft breweries, and is just behind Czechia at the top of the list for per capita beer... Continue Reading →
It should come as no surprise that the city of Prague is an incredible destination for beer, being that the country of Czechia leads the world in per capita beer consumption. A year before I visited Czechia, I had done a trip to Belgium, and thought that nothing could top how much I was in... Continue Reading →
Belgium is the holy land for a beer lover. It's hard to even put into words how much impact this country has had in the beer economy. The influence of Belgian styles of beer can be found in modern breweries all over the world. Beer is such an iconic part of Belgian culture that it... Continue Reading →
The Netherlands is often overshadowed when it comes to beer, being bordered by Belgium and Germany, but in recent years it's seen a craft beer boom. From historic giants like Heineken and Grolsch, to the more up-and-coming independent microbreweries, there's no shortage of good beer in the Netherlands. Here are all of the brews I... Continue Reading →
When I went to New Orleans back in March, I had so much on my to-do list that I didn't have much time to visit breweries (I know - unusual for me!) The only actual brewery I visited was Crescent City Brewhouse, but I still did quite alright sampling a variety of local craft beer... Continue Reading →
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