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. […]

“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 […]

Bullets2Bandages Bottle Openers

There’s one thing I’ve been passionate about long before beer came into my life. (Don’t worry; we’re still going to be talking beer here!) I’ve always had a great love and respect for our nation’s military veterans. Both of my grandfathers were in the Navy, and at one point in my life, I actually entertained […]

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 […]

Attempt Number Two

Most of you know I just made my second attempt at becoming a Certified Cicerone! I wanted to give you a brief update on how I feel things went! Also, if you’d like a better breakdown of how the test works, you can check out my previous post after my first attempt here. The Certified Cicerone […]

If At First You Don’t Succeed…

This is not a post I wanted to write. But this is my story. And as much as I’d love to, I can’t just skip over the bad parts. I failed my first attempt at the Certified Cicerone test. I went into it concerned that I hadn’t had enough time to study. I had a […]