Beer Quest Creators Win Homebrewing Award!

Greetings Beer Quest followers! We wanted to share the news that the show's creators and producers, Jon and Kieran, recently proved their beer prowess by winning first place in the German Wheat category of the Southern New England Homebrew Competition! We also want to give a shoutout to Ray Girard who also won several awards in the competition, including a first place prize for his American Stout! A friend of the show, you may remember Ray as one of the homebrewers featured in our pilot. You can read all about it at this write-up of the competition's winners:

http://www.undergroundbrewers.org/snerhc/results/Results_2009.htm

Awesome Cask Beer Festival This Weekend

If this weekend you find yourself a bit parched and looking for something to be sure to check out Brazenhead’s Cask Festival running all weekend long in Brooklyn as outlined at their website. The festival is organized by one Alex Hall and you may remember Alex and the bar from our pilot where he educated Steve on the wonders of cask beer. Well once more Alex has outdone himself in putting a fantastic list of rare beers including selections from Dark Star Pub in Britain where Alex first delved into the beer trade. Who knows, you may just catch some us guys behind Beer Quest if you play your cards right.

If you’d like to know more about cask beer and New York’s microbrew scene pay a visit to Mr. Hall’s web site as well at www.gotham-imbiber.com. The site is loaded with information. In particular be sure to check out his warnings of false cask beer engines in America so you know you’re getting the real thing!