Hockey and Beer: Breweries Near Your Favorite Team, Part 10

As the regular season comes to a close and the playoffs draw ever closer, it is time for me to FINALLY complete this series of blogs, showcasing the craft breweries and brewpubs that are in the same area as your favorite team. We’ve traveled all over North America and now we see the last three teams get their time at center ice. Make sure to go back and check out the other installments if you haven’t done so already and get ready to dive into three more breweries from the great Nation of Hockey!

More Tour!

I’ve done pretty well since I last posted about my World Tour progress. I’ve only had two additional beers off of the list so I haven’t dug my hole deeper. Today I’ll talk about five more beers to get you all to my 25 beer mark. I’m officially at 40 total so I’ve still got a way to go to get you completely caught up, but at least I didn’t write about six last week only to drink eight or ten more. That would not be progress on my part. Today I’ll look at a good mix of beers. I’ve got a variety of IPAs, a Brown Ale and a Cleveland favorite. Let’s get to it!

Victory K-Bomb Experiment is a Success!

It’s no secret that Victory Brewing Company, located just outside of Philadelphia in Downington, Pennsylvania, is my absolute favorite Craft Brewery. Every one of their beers passes the “I want a 6-pack of this” test and even their Barrel Aged experiments (Red Thunder, White Monkey, Oak Horizontal) were so successful that I had my contact at Rozi’s Winehouse let me know when he was down to the last few bottles of each so I could snag them up. So when I got the newsletter from Melt Bar & Grilled that Victory was releasing a special experiment, brewed with a secret hop strain that was not named in any publication, I was extremely excited. K-Bomb, a Double IPA, was only going to be on tap at Melt Locations in Ohio and I must say, Matt Fish did a great job scoring this coup. I’ll end the suspense now. Victory scored another…victory.

Hockey and Beer: Breweries Near Your Favorite Team, Part 9

Now that the Hockey season is in full swing, it’s time to start wrapping up the Hockey and Beer series. Craft Beer is great stuff and just about every major city in North America has at least one Craft Brewery cooking up some amazing beers that look to guide people away from the yellow fizzy stuff brewed by the huge corporations. With just 9 teams left in our journey around the NHL, ExBEERience CLE hopes to give you a little glimpse into the craft beer world as it pertains to your favorite hockey teams! Read on and see what you can find near your local rink!

World Tour Going Strong…Too Strong!

Just when I think I am getting back on track with my Winking Lizard World Tour 2013 progress, I go and make a trip to the Wink, and then another, and then another. You guys need to keep on me so I don’t get so far behind with my beer list! I’m up to 38 beers completed and I’ve only given you the lowdown on 14 of them. I’ll try to knock a few out today and get up to the 20 mark. According to my WL Tour Guide app (definitely worth the free download!), I’m averaging 2.73 beers per week. One small thing that the app could use to be a little better would be keeping track of the beers you have in order, rather than just by their Tour number. Just an idea. Let’s get to the beers!

Hockey and Beer: Breweries Near Your Favorite Team, Part 8

Now that the Hockey season is in full swing (and the Blackhawks are absolutely dominating things), it’s time to start wrapping up the Hockey and Beer series. Craft Beer is great stuff and just about every major city in North America has at least one Craft Brewery cooking up some amazing beers that look to guide people away from the yellow fizzy stuff brewed by the huge corporations. With just 9 teams left in our journey around the NHL, ExBEERience CLE hopes to give you a little glimpse into the craft beer world as it pertains to your favorite hockey teams! Read on and see what you can find near your local rink!

Catching up on my World Tour

Due to my trip to Hawaii, I have gotten quite behind on keeping you up to date with my Winking Lizard World Tour of Beers progress. I have been going strong, averaging about two beers per week and I am now at the 24-beer mark, closing in on the quarter century mark and getting me half way to the 50-beer gift. I have downed quite a few delicious beers and really haven’t been too disappointed by any of the beers so far. I’ve been sticking with the draft beers as much as possible but have imbibed a few bottles as well. We’ve got a long list to cover so let’s get to the recent beers I have had during the tour.