Chris of thebeergeek.com

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

“A World Beyond ORD” is the latest episode of One Pint at a Time.



We knew Chicago was a good beer town. We just hadn’t made it there yet. Lucky for us, opportunity knocked when our friends and fellow beer travelers Matt and Michelle asked us to meet them in the Windy City for a

long weekend.



Two and half days gave us just enough time to get a taste of the Greater Chicago beer scene. We visited a… Continue