If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Don’t get me wrong. I think Earth Day is a great idea. Except for the fact that it only happens one day a year. Why isn’t EVERY day Earth Day? Yes, there are some days […]

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A chef acquaintance of mine turned me on to an interesting book, “A History of the World in 6 Glasses,” by Tom Standage. It’s an easy read and gives a very superficial view of world history based on the advent and evolution of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and soda (Coca Cola). In […]

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It’s a little too early to say for sure, but so far it looks like craft beer drinkers are continuing to fuel the momentum our category has enjoyed for years now. At Flying Dog we were very concerned that the price increases we and the rest of the craft brewing industry had to pass […]

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Two of HST’s favorite events occurred within days of each other: The Super Bowl and big primary action on what is now known as Super Tuesday. I happen to share the exact same passions. The first Super Bowl I remember was number VI when the Cowboys schooled the Dolphins. All I […]

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As you may have heard, Flying Dog Brewery recently announced that we are embarking on the next step in our illustrious, 17 year history of crafting remarkable beer by concentrating all of our brewing and production to the brewery in Frederick, MD, where 70% of Flying Dog Beer is already being brewed. This move […]

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Beer lovers be warned: The price of a pint is probably going to go up in the months ahead. The price of brewing barley has skyrocketed. Blame it on ethanol. And believe it or not, the situation with malted barley is very similar to what’s going on in the petro industry.
The […]

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By now many of us have heard about G-dubs’ homeowner relief plan.
Apparently, there is no end to the license for the American consumer to act with increasing financial irresponsibility, nor the shortsighted fiscal policies that politicians continue to advance to deal with the ensuing messes that result. I guess I can’t say […]

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At the recent National Restaurant Association show in Chicago one of the hot topics was (surprise) the greening of the restaurant industry. The Executive Director of the ‘Green Restaurant Association’ gave an interesting presentation that included some of the basics of how his organization ‘certifies’ restaurants and how much they charge to do it. […]

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