West Virginia Craft Beer Society is Building membership

Travis Carrow, a frequent BTY commentator and beer geek is now “catalyst” for what we all hope will be a craft beer revolution here in West Virginia. Travis called me a few weeks ago to discuss the need for a more formalized way for WV beer enthusiasts to communicate and build a consumer presence that could help build a healthy beer market. The result was The West Virginia Craft Beer Appreciation Society or WVCBAS. The website (www.wvcbas.com) is and forum is up and running. Please check it out and sign-up!

Another Beer Website that’s Worth a Sip.

The website www.greatbrewers.com is really good website that is operated by L. Knife and Son, a large east coast beer importer and distributor. Some might view this being in conflict with running an totally non-biased beer information site, but that does not seem to be a problem here.

One of the most useful features on the site is the “Beer Sommelier” web app, which assists you with beer and food pairings based on a few simple questions about your menu. There is also extensive resources to help you educate yourself on beer and beer styles.

“Oktoberwest” flew right under the BTY radar screen

I won’t take the sole blame for this, but I had no idea that Charleston’s West Side association was going to have an Oktoberfest celebration until 48 hours before the event. Where do my responsibilities to “bird-dog” this stuff end and their responsibility to advertise their event begin? If anyone can fill us in on what we missed, please do so!  Apparently there was beer. (Sam Adams Oktoberfest?)

This entry was posted on Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 9:13 am and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.