• Alabama,  craft beer

    Recapping the 2018 Birmingham Winter Beer Fest

    Ever since I moved to Tuscaloosa nearly five years ago I’ve been making occasional trips to Birmingham to enjoy the city’s burgeoning craft beer scene.  For the second time in as many years, my wife Katie and I traveled to the Magic City to attend the Birmingham Winter Beer Fest.  Before the festival we met up with one of my wife’s friends, and took a ride-share to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex for the event.  We arrived around 2:40 because we had purchased general admission tickets, and that session began at 3 p.m. So after entering the BJCC, we waited in line for about 20 minutes before grabbing our sampling mugs. …

  • Alabama,  craft beer

    Previewing the 2018 Birmingham Winter Beer Fest

    There are tons of beer festivals across the world and across the country virtually every weekend.  Many tend to be during the summer when outdoor spaces are available and people can easily stroll the local fairgrounds or public park.  During the winter very few people want to drink beers outdoors, so beer festivals have started to do the same. As the craft beer industry continues to grow in Alabama more events are popping up on the calendar.  This coming weekend, Birmingham hosts the 2018 Birmingham Winter Beer Fest at the BJCC – East Exhibit Hall.  The venue is hosting the festival for the second time, as it also hosted the 2017…