The Guinness Pub Giveaway Contest
One of most successful contests which ran for a few years was the Guinness Irish Pub Giveaway Contest – win a pub in Ireland.
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You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
I previously wrote, We Were Warned. Yes we were, but it's turning out much worse than many of us expected.
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Mar 52 min read
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Beer-piphanies
First generation craft beer fans in the US consistently seem to remember their time of transition, when they discovered craft beer,
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Mar 52 min read
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We Were Warned
By Tony Forder I was in England when President Trump was re-elected. Family and friends kept asking me how it could have happened. I was...
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Milan Scenes
Milan, fashion capital Fancy boot heels click on cobblestones Duomo anchoring kid-chased pigeons Top name Galleria Euro draining stores...
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Jan 81 min read
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Italian Craft Beer Today
So we just returned from our annual European beer tour. Here's a few things we learned about Italian craft brewers and their beer.
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Dec 3, 20242 min read
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Beer, Wine and Truffles in Northern Italy
Beer, Wine and Truffles in northern Italy video
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Nov 30, 20242 min read
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Italian Recap
As we did 11 years ago, we will be gandering around northern Italy with visits to breweries, wineries and the White Truffle Festival.
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Oct 24, 20242 min read
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Modern Mead
By Tony Forder I knew that cider is popular in Quebec, having attended this year's Soif du Cidre (Thirst for Cider) festival in Montreal....
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Sep 12, 20243 min read
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Beer Festivals Go Carney
There's been quite a lot of chit-chat regarding the new direction of the Great American Beer Festival. The old guys don't like it,
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Aug 6, 20242 min read
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Minding Our Bees-ness
I make mead. Mead needs honey. I've helped extract and process honey from combs before but never seen up close how honey is actually...
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Jun 18, 20241 min read
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Mondial de la Biere Goes All Out for 30th
The Belgians came in force – 21 breweries, owners and reps, 80-odd brands, 350 cases of beer.
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The Backbone of Active Lifestyles
Backbone is well-named. The marketing agency really is a backbone of the active lifestyle world and each spring they showcase some clients
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May 15, 20243 min read
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The Bench
Ain't That What It's All About Blog Didn't feel great waking up. I lay there for a while doing some body breathing. The usual cup of tea...
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May 3, 20242 min read
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Mondial de la Biere Marks 30 Years
Montreal's iconic international beer festival is going all out May 24-26 If you haven't attended the Mondial de la Biere festival in...
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Apr 4, 20241 min read
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Beer, Wine and Truffles Tour
Tony Forder Italia, the land of wine and vineyards, right? Well, did you know there's over 500 craft breweries in Italy and were going to...
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Mar 26, 20241 min read
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Launching of Ale Street News
By Tony Forder An excerpt from an upcoming book about my journey in beer and the origins of craft beer through the eyes of Ale Street...
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Feb 26, 20244 min read
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Confessions of a 49ers fan
By Tony Forder I confess that I've kinda soured on the NFL lately. I just find football hard to watch with all the stops and starts,...
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Feb 6, 20242 min read
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Belgium, Back in Beer Paradise
Tony's Travels – Having ingratiated myself with the pirates, it was up to me to escape from Tortuga and continue my quest to link up with...
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Jan 17, 20247 min read
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Kidnapped by Pirates
Tony's Travels The invitation arrived "Tortuga" – a pirate party. In England. On a farm in Sussex, at the home of my dearly departed...
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Jan 4, 20242 min read
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In the Land of Ice and Snow
What It's All About Blog – By Tony Forder Quebec City for the microbewers conference – bit of a squeeze on now. With 333 breweries...
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Dec 7, 20234 min read
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Mondial de la Biere Finds Treasure Trove of Beers in Santa Catarina, Brazil
By Tony Forder One of the things I like most about working with the Mondial de la Biere is visiting and recruiting new breweries for the...
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Nov 14, 20236 min read
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Pet Peeve #2 – Cash or Card?
Sometimes the smallest things can be irritating – petty peeves. It was my wedding anniversary the other day – 44 years, for better or...
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Jul 16, 20232 min read
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Judging the Mondial de la biere fest
By Tony Forder The Greg Noonan Mbiere blind tasting competition has been a part of the Mondial de la biere festival in Montreal for 15 of...
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Jul 14, 20233 min read
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Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer
by Tony Forder A friend of mine has been playing around with ChatGPT. He asked it to write a story about Tony Forder's acerbic wit...
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