Hit the Ground Running: Side Hustlin’
Seems like everyone has a side hustle. It is, after all, the “gig economy.” I’m no exception. I’ve been writing about beer for a little […]
Category: Beer Tourism
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Josh Pfriem and Christopher Barnes at Timmermans
Barrel rooms are hard rooms to shoot photos in. They’re large and dark. Also, the lighting is usually spotty and intense which leads to bright […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Statue of Three Women in St. Bertinus Church in Poperinge, Belgium
I enjoy taking photos of three dimensional art. It’s fun trying to capture the work of an artist in a different medium than the original […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Welsh WWI Memorial in West Flanders
I recently upgrade my photo editing to a full version of Photoshop. I’d been using the iPad Photoshop Touch edition for several years. It’s an […]
Worthy Reads – The Ghost of Gose by Natalya Watson
Editor’s Note: Gose is one of the more popular revived styles in the craft beer world. In its native region in Germany, it’s nearly gone […]
Worthy Reads: Inside a Czech Floor Malthouse by Jeff Alworth
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a new series of posts that will feature excellent beer or cider writing from around the web. These […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Orval’s Arches and Ruins
Architecture can be hard to capture properly, especially if you’re close up and don’t have a wide-angle lens. You often have resort to looking for […]
My Orval, My Orval Day
Orval. There are few names more hallowed in the world of beer. In a country like Belgium where beers vary from town to town, Orval […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: The Basilica of St Therese of Lisieux
When you’re operating with a limited lens kit, in this case a 17mm-55mm zoom, your body is often the thing that gets moved the most […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Andre Janssens of Hof ten Dormaal
When you’re shooting someone “in action” or talking, you often get some really weird stuff, particularly when it comes to facial expressions. It requires you […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Mary and the Baby Jesus at Orval
Merry Christmas from I think about beer! I liked how the bare limbs of the weeping willow and the thinning autumn foliage framed the Art […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: The Gears of Brasserie Caracole
Older breweries are often poorly lit. Not much in the way of lighting upgrades have been installed which makes for a lot of bad shots […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Bottles and Caps at Cantillion
Bottles offer an interesting challenges to the photographer. The glass is very reflective of light. Too much flash applied at the wrong angle will flare […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: The Old Mash Tun at Brouwerij St. Bernardus
I love the industrial art of breweries. The metals, lines, and interplay of light and shadow across machines, pipes, and concrete make for an interesting […]
Kutna Hora Day – Silver Mines and a Church of Bones
The Kutna Hora day was one of the days I’d looked forward to most on the pre-planned agenda. Kutna Hora is a small town about […]