We travel to Southern Indiana quite often to the casino. Of all the luck, there is a great winery tasting room just three miles up the road...
The Ridge Winery
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Microbreweries in Columbus, OH
I write for a couple of other internet sites and will occasionally link something I've published elsewhere...
Check out this article at Associated Content
Check out this article at Associated Content
It's Never Too Late to Learn...
...about good beer, about real ale, about wines beyond white zinfandel.
I am in no way a beer or wine "snob". I prefer to think of myself as a beer and wine geek. While there are some larger breweries producing some great craft beers, I am partial to the smaller operations. I feel the same with wine. I love traveling and discovering new wineries, and having the wine explained to me by the family that creates the wines.
I enjoy good beer from all around the world. I do enjoy a few wines from Australia and Germany. I'm not the type to turn up my nose at a bottle of wine because it isn't from France. As far as US wines, yes, California does have a great wine industry. I even like one of Coppola's table wines for casual drinking while I'm writing. But American wine drinkers need to realize that there are many other wine regions throughout the country producing wonderful wines. Sadly, they aren't always as easy to find as California wines.
I will be eternally grateful to my stint at Barley's Smokehouse and Brewpub in Columbus, OH. Although my time there didn't exactly end well, I learned so much about different styles of ales and the brewing process. I have friends whose opinion I trust explicitly. When traveling, I think nothing about dialing the phone when I enter a brewpub and ask my friends "What about this beer?" I know the meanings of the style of most beers when reading a beer menu, and occasionally will find a stinker - but very rarely.
I will often review beers and wines. I will describe visits to wineries and microbreweries - including the food. Occasionally, I may even recommend food pairings for beer and wine. Most importantly, I will never talk down to the novice beer or wine drinker. It hasn't been that many years ago that this old dog learned a new trick.
I am in no way a beer or wine "snob". I prefer to think of myself as a beer and wine geek. While there are some larger breweries producing some great craft beers, I am partial to the smaller operations. I feel the same with wine. I love traveling and discovering new wineries, and having the wine explained to me by the family that creates the wines.
I enjoy good beer from all around the world. I do enjoy a few wines from Australia and Germany. I'm not the type to turn up my nose at a bottle of wine because it isn't from France. As far as US wines, yes, California does have a great wine industry. I even like one of Coppola's table wines for casual drinking while I'm writing. But American wine drinkers need to realize that there are many other wine regions throughout the country producing wonderful wines. Sadly, they aren't always as easy to find as California wines.
I will be eternally grateful to my stint at Barley's Smokehouse and Brewpub in Columbus, OH. Although my time there didn't exactly end well, I learned so much about different styles of ales and the brewing process. I have friends whose opinion I trust explicitly. When traveling, I think nothing about dialing the phone when I enter a brewpub and ask my friends "What about this beer?" I know the meanings of the style of most beers when reading a beer menu, and occasionally will find a stinker - but very rarely.
I will often review beers and wines. I will describe visits to wineries and microbreweries - including the food. Occasionally, I may even recommend food pairings for beer and wine. Most importantly, I will never talk down to the novice beer or wine drinker. It hasn't been that many years ago that this old dog learned a new trick.
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