The Devil I Know – Part 1

It’s time I talk about it. In my very last blog post, The Importance of Telling My Story written an entire year and a half ago, I talked about taking back my voice. In that year and a half, I failed myself. I wanted to speak. But I let so very much get in the way. […]

The Importance of Telling My Story

It’s finally time. I’ve waited years to start writing about this. I mentioned about the absence of my opinions in my last post, and it’s finally time to talk. I usually post a “Year In Review” type blog post at the end of every year, and this is the first year that I missed that. […]

Dear Bud Light: You Forgot the Yeast

For a year and a half, the internet has been pretty well void of my sharing opinions on anything relative to Anheuser-Busch. Well, friends, that era has come to an end. Yesterday, I left my job at Devils Backbone Brewing, an AB owned company. (More on that later.) And today, it FINALLY feels safe to […]

“Happy New Beer”! – Janée’s 2016 Year in Beer Recap

It’s time to say goodbye to 2016! (Bye, Felicia!) But first, let’s take a look back at the beer stats, “beercations”, festivals, new brewery visits and more that make up my 2016 review of my year in beer. Let’s start with the number of new breweries I’ve visited this year! This year… drumroll please… I […]

A Beer Museum Is Brewing

Beer education is incredibly important to me. There’s a great big world of beer information out there, and it can be a daunting task for people to experiment with flavors or learn about styles. But beyond flavors and styles, beer has a story. Beer isn’t just a beverage. The story and history of beer is […]

GABF Beercation 2016 – Day 1 – Fort Collins

Well, friends, it’s FINALLY happened. After two years of purchasing tickets and not being able to attend the one and only Great American Beer Festival, the year has finally come that I’m able to go! Ben and our friend, Steve, from the amazing Haw River Farmhouse Ales, and myself flew from NC into Denver yesterday […]

What Exactly is “Craft Beer”, and Why Should the Term “Indie Beer” Become A Thing? (And Why The Hell Does It Even Matter?)

I typically have “blog posts in waiting”. These are usually posts I have started to write that I’ve intentionally left to stew to later refine before I post, or posts I’ve started and hit pause on when something else became a priority. This is one of those posts. There’s an elephant that’s entered the room […]

Cali Beercation, Day 3 – The Redwoods & Anderson Valley

Day 3 was our day with the most driving and the least number of stops. But Ben and I agreed that it was our favorite day out of the whole trip! We stayed in Oregon the night before and drove into California. Our main mission for the day was to drive on Avenue of the […]

Beercation, Day 2 – Tillamook, OR: De Garde & More

We started day 2 of our beercation by driving west from Portland toward Tillamook. Our taste buds had been begging us to visit De Garde Brewing, and we were only an hour and a half away from there. So we mapped out a few other spots near De Garde and set out to explore for […]

Cali/Oregon Beercation, Day 1 – Portland, OR

Another beercation has come and gone. Cue the sad emoji with tears welling in his eyes. Thankfully, I took lots of selfies (er, pictures!) to remember our trip by! And you know I sent myself home some tasty souvenirs. Last week, Ben and I set off on an 8 day long adventure (really just 7 […]