I spotted pint bottles of McNeill’s Firehouse ale in the Co-op today, and grabbed one. This ale brings back memories, because it was one of my first draft beers. Definitely the best. The brewery is in my high school hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, where it is served in its own well-resepected run-down-floorboarded pub just off [...]
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Firehouse Ale
Posted in Beer, tagged Brattleboro breweries, local beer, locavore, locavore beer, McNeill's Brewery, roving locavore, Vermont beer, Vermont breweries, Vermont local beer, Vermont locavore on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Goodbye, good friends!
Posted in Beer, Dairy, Fruit, Meat, Vegetables, Wine, tagged Alabama locavore, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, Auburn Alabama local food, Auburn Meats Lab, Auburn pork, grilled rabbit, locavore, roving locavore on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Whew—I can finally relax. I’m sitting on the deck in Vermont. The sun is shining, the Bloody Brook is rushing, Jack is loading a dump truck in the sand box, and a hummingbird is buzzing by. This is nice. Yesterday, Tuesday, was spent in buses, planes, cars, and waiting areas. Monday, the moving van came, [...]
What Else Is On Tap?
Posted in Beer, tagged Alabama beer, Amy Campion, Amy Campion food, eat locally, Fine Wine and Beer by Gus, Georgia beer, Georgia breweries, Lazy Magnolia, local beer, locavore beer, Mississippi beer, Mississippi breweries, roving locavore, Terrapin Brewery on June 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Aside from the closets of home-brewing friends, where can we get good local ale around here? (Home-brewing friends? Shhh! It’s illegal(!) to brew beer in Alabama.) Visit Fine Wine and Beer by Gus, next to the UPS store, for semi-local Southern Pecan Nut Brown Ale on tap, which you can buy in a freshly poured [...]




