When we first began beer traveling 18 years ago, it was mostly by car.
From the San Francisco Bay Area, many great beer destinations were
reachable in a few hours. For the trip to our ninth Oregon Brewers
Festival, we thought it would be fun to hark back to those earlier
times. We would drive to Portland, visiting breweries along I-5 on the
way up and back. The only difference from those early days was the drive
wouldn't be a few hours, but thirteen.

We added 10 new breweries on the tri… Continue

“Die WM in Deutschland” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time.



For two years, we’d been dreaming of watching the world's

greatest sporting event while in Germany. Arriving the last day of group

play for both the United States and Germany, we stayed through the

quarterfinal stage of the World Cup.



This trip will always hold a special place for us.

Watching Germany demolish b… Continue

We returned to Germany for the tenth time to watch the World Cup. It had
been a dream of ours for two years to watch the world's greatest
sporting event in Germany. Arriving on the last day of group play for
both the United States and Germany, we embraced the German's passion for
the 'beautiful game.'



On our 12 day trip, we visited two new cities, Leipzig and Dresden, and
revisited Berlin and Prague, two cities that we first experienced in
2001. Our Irish friends joined us in Berlin t… Continue

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“2010 SF Beer Week” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time.

This year’s celebration of Bay Area beer culture comprised over 240 events, from Santa Cruz to Sebastopol. Last year, we only attended events on the weekends. This year, we went all out; only taking two
days off of the ten.

We drank lots of beer, attended our first Pliny the Younger release, first Doub

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MidwestMicroBrews is giving away 2 tickets to The Ultimate Beer Social: Hop-a-Tui!



Hop-a-Tui will be held on May 15th, 2010 at DeKoven's Hall in Racine, Wisconsin. This great event is being put on by the same folks behind the awesome Great Lakes Brew Fest every September.





Visit the Hop-a-Tui website HERE, then go to MidwestMicroBrews to enter to win!

The second SF Beer Week is in the books. This year's celebration of Bay
Area beer culture comprised over 240 events, from Santa Cruz to
Sebastopol, in the ten day period.

Last year, we only attended
events on the weekends. This year, we went all out; only taking two days
off of the ten. While, we didn't host our own event this year, we
volunteered at two.

We drank lots of beer, attended our first
Pliny the Younger release, first Double IPA Festival, Toronado
Barleywine Festival… Continue

“Craft Beer Down Under, The Journey to Melbourne” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time.

Merideth turned 40 in December and she didn't really embrace the milestone. Instead of making our normal holiday pilgrimage to Europe, we decided a trip to Australia was what Merideth needed to cure the turning 40 blues. This trip marked our first beer adventure outside of North America or Europe.

In two weeks of beer travel, we journ… Continue