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Live blogging from @KPTOktoberfest http://kingsportoktoberfest.com/

It’s Saturday morning and I am at the Oktoberfest site in Downtown Kingsport, getting ready to set up my booth. I got to in to town late yesterday afternoon. I spent the night before and most of the...

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Brewer’s Jam recollection and looking forward to #GABF with #KnoxBeerCrew

What a weekend! I want to write about Brewer’s Jam, but don’t think I’ll do it justice. Instead I’ll just tell you about my craft beer weekend in general. If you read my last post, you know I was going...

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#KNOXBEERCREW #GABF Beercation Day 3 Saturday Recap

Saturday was the last day of the Great American Beer Festival. I was lucky enough to snag a members only session ticket during the great Ticketmaster GABF fail of 2012. Many people missed out, but I...

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Online brewing equipment shopping, upgrades and keg procurement

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot of about brewing equipment, upgrading mine and all the cost of turning my hobby into a career. I have spent way too much time recently browsing brewery supply websites....

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Solo #homebrew day, new hop variety, brewing of KBC 505 and Hurricane Sandy...

There’s a few things coming up in the Knoxville craft beer scene to tell y’all about. First a note on a few things that already happened. Last Tuesday was the election and America voted another term...

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@BeardenBeerMrkt road trip to @HighlandBrews #Avlbeer #KnoxBeerCrew

Well I didn’t originally plan on doing this, but I’m going to try to live blog today’s beer road trip adventure from my phone. I intended to post about it after the trip, but I figured as long as I...

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Thanksbeering weekend #AvlBeer #NCBeer #KnoxBeerCrew

The Thanksgiving holiday was an extended weekend for myself and I thought what better way to celebrate then getting out of town. Plans were made to do just that. Thursday I had a quick dinner with my...

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TONIGHT 12/7/12! Come try some of my #Homebrew, for FREE!

Chocolate Milk Stout with Spicy peppers Hey y’all just a short update this time. Let me start out by saying that last Sunday was a pretty successful brew day thanks to the Help of Richard Groves and...

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Pre-opening Tour of @WickedWeedBeer, Visit to @OskarBluesWNC, A Beery...

This year I once again took my pre-Christmas beercation to Asheville. Here I am trying to recall my trip some 2 beer soaked weeks later for this blog. I might have forgotten some details, but here it...

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LIVE From the Tennessee Winter Beer Festival in Townsend #KnoxBeer

Hello there from the Laurel Valley Country Club in Townsend Tennessee! I will be reporting live all day about all the beer, food, fun and camaraderie at the 2nd annual Tennessee Winter Beer Festival....

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Great Impromptu St. Patrick’s Day Brewing Party w/ Friends @RichardGroves...

Originally this post was going to be another live blogging of brew day. I actually started it that way, but brew day was incredibly busy and fun as you’ll read below. There is no way I could have...

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Live Blogging today: Road trip to @Nantahalabrew bottle release. #AVLBeer

Road Trip! Today Richard, his wife Sandy, and myself are hitting the road. We are leaving this morning to go to Bryson City, NC for Nantahala Brewing Company‘s Trail Magic #4 bottle release! It’s no...

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Day off of work? It’s a GOOD FRIDAY to #homebrew (live blog)

Good Friday morning blog readers. I am lucky enough to have the day off work because it’s a holiday or something. I’m not entirely sure, but I think it has something to do with the Easter Bunny going...

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Surprize beerday birthday trip to Asheville #AvlBeer @WickedWeedBeer...

This past weekend I celebrated my birthday. Honestly, I didn’t make plans and figured I would just go have a drink at one of my favorite local bars here in Knoxville, maybe catch a movie and generally...

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Beer, Beer and More Beer! It’s time for Asheville Beer Week 2013 #AvlBeerWeek

Ever since last year’s inaugural Asheville Beer Week, I’ve been looking forward to the second one. With every month, week and day that has passed, my excitement has grown. Now here I am, a mere day...

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It’s official! We’re in Asheville for #AVLBeerWeek !

We skipped checking in the hotel to go straight to Greenman’s Dirty Jack tasting room for the ABA Hoppy Saison release. Damn if it isn’t good! Here’s the first beer o’ our beercation: Katie and...

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Recap of Monday, day 1 of our #AVLBeerWeek beercation

We planned to leave Knoxville at 12:30, but as most vacations go, we got a slightly late start and left Knoxville at 2:30. We made great time and it worked out that we arrived in Ashvegas a little bit...

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Recap of Tuesday, day 2 of our #AVLBeerWeek beercation

Yesterday started off for me like most days do. When I wake up, two thoughts immediately come to mind: food, coffee. It doesn’t matter what order they are in as long as they occur pretty much around...

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Recap of Wednesday, day 3 of our @AvlbeerWeek beercation. @AppVintner

Once again I started the day off in the search of coffee. Having became a big fan of Izzy’s Coffee Den’s Mexican Mocha, I knew exactly where to head in my pre-caffeinated state. This time I was able to...

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Recap of Thursday, Day 4 of our @AvlbeerWeek beercation. @CatawbaBeer

Yesterday started off in typical fashion with the hunt for coffee. Being away from my cold, dark room at home makes it a little bit more difficult to sleep as long as I would like to in a hotel. My...

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