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. […]

“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 […]

Happy New Beer! – Janee’s 2015 “Year In Beer”

It’s that time again. Another year has come and gone! What a great year it was! Let’s check it out! I set a goal last year to become a Certified Cicerone by the end of this year… And I did it! (Just in case you didn’t hear. On my Twitter. Or on my Instagram. Or […]

Saxapahaw, NC

One of my favorite stories starts here. It’s about time I talk about one of my favorite places in North Carolina, which will lead us to my hands down FAVORITE brewery, in North Carolina. You KNOW that I’m a storyteller. The struggle for me to keep it short is real! Here is part one of […]

Janee Farrar… Certified Cicerone®!

Merry Christmas to me! My goal for this year was to become a Certified Cicerone®, and I found out last night that I’ve joined the ranks! It had been about 5 and a half weeks since I had taken the test (around the same time frame when I found out my results last time!), so […]

One Should Always Be Drunk (How I Got A Job In Craft Beer)

“One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters… But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you choose. But get drunk.” Passionate people, no matter what their passion, are some of my favorite people in this world. At one point when I was younger, my passion was singing. I always had […]

The Certified Cicerone Test

A few days after taking the Certified Cicerone test, I still have no clue what just happened to me! They said they’ve recently been getting test results out around 4-6 weeks after the test. So I’m starting this horrible waiting game! I went from feeling confident while filling out the first 5-6 pages of the […]