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Jun 16
4 min

Here Comes Sunshine: Summer Tour Kicks Off In North Carolina's Outer Banks

As predicted, the Summer is already proving to be less than the cakewalk we had hoped for. COVID numbers are spiking in 20 states....

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Dennis O'Hagan

May 31
4 min

Safely Back In the Saddle At Little Miami Brewing Co.

I'm happy to report that last night, May 30, I finally played my first gig since COVID-19 shut down my Spring Tour.

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Dennis O'Hagan

Feb 21
3 min

February In Florida, Day 1 - Jacksonville's Bold City Brewery

The downtown location was just around the corner from the Florida Theatre, and had nice overflow traffic from the theatre.

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Dennis O'Hagan

Feb 11
7 min

A Weary Traveler Finds Comfort At Avon's Railroad Brewing Company

... heading up to Cleveland for my first visit to Railroad Brewing Company in Avon, OH. Avon is a community just west of Cleveland,..

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Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 29
6 min

Leaving Texas Via Germany - Houston's Klaus Brewing Company

Klaus is an authentic German brewer, which means they adhere to the German Purity Law of 1516. The purity law originally stated that beer c

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Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 28
4 min

Waco Waco Un-day: Southern Roots Brewing Company

After spending a few off days hitting the restaurants of Austin, the tour headed to Waco for a Friday night show at Southern Roots Brewing

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Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 17
5 min

Expect the Unexpected: Austin's Infamous Brewing Company

Infamous is a well established (and well decorated... many years' worth of many brewing awards) brewery tucked away in a modest little locat

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Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 16
3 min

A Brewery To Remember: San Antonio's Alamo Beer Company

The Alamo name was tied to beer prior to prohibition, and then was resurrected in 1997, originally contracted out, and the current brewing

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Dennis O'Hagan

Jan 15
4 min

Leveraging A Legacy To Forge A Future: Austin's Historic Celis Brewery

Celis has a history that goes back to Belgium, where Pierre Celis revived the witbier style

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Dennis O'Hagan

Nov 29, 2019
5 min

One More Saturday Night At Milford's Little Miami Brewing Company

LMBC is located in an eastern suburb of Cincinnati, on the banks of the Little Miami River, where in the warmer months kayaks and canoes...

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Dennis O'Hagan

Nov 17, 2019
4 min

When Germans Meet Gators: Gainesville's Cypress & Grove Brewing

I'll be heading back to Florida a couple of times in 2020, and would love to stop here again to dig deeper into their beer menu and seasonal

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Dennis O'Hagan

Nov 15, 2019
5 min

Stouts. Stouts. Let 'em All Out. West Chester, OH's Grainworks Brewing Co.

Grainworks Brewing Company is in West Chester, OH... a suburb on the north side of town, heading towards Dayton on I75

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Dennis O'Hagan

Nov 2, 2019
7 min

Thank You For A Real Good Time - Little Miami Brewing Co. Raises the Dead

Little Miami Brewing Company, located in the Cincinnati suburb of Milford on the banks of the Little Miami River, is a venue I've been playi

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Dennis O'Hagan

Oct 23, 2019
5 min

C'mon Pretty Mama, Let's Get On the Road Again... Chicago's On Tour Brewing

On Tour is in the city's West Town neighborhood, which is about as in-the-heart of Chicago as you can get

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Dennis O'Hagan

Sep 24, 2019
8 min

Heroic Beers Served Up at Virginia Beach's Bunker BrewPub & Cadence Hall

The night's brewery, Bunker Brewpub and Caddence Hall, is home to the Young Veteran's Brewing Company (YVBC).

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Dennis O'Hagan

Sep 19, 2019
15 min

Grumpy Old Men, Hurricane Dorian, and Satanic Hellfire Kills A Catholic (Part 1)

When we arrived at Grumpy Old Men the first thing I noticed was that they had added a sizable patio area out front

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Dennis O'Hagan

Sep 6, 2019
6 min

Sierra Nevada's Amazing Beer Wonderland Near Asheville, NC

Sierra Nevada is widely considered to be one of the forefathers of the current craft beer boom, along with one or two others, perhaps most n

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Dennis O'Hagan

Aug 28, 2019
5 min

The Common Beer Company Is Mason, Ohio's Neighborhood Brewery

Common is up the road a bit in “old” Mason's picturesque downtown area, which has a classic Americana Main Street USA sort of feel...

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Dennis O'Hagan

Aug 27, 2019
5 min

Cleveland Rocks... and So Does Westlake's Sibling Revelry Brewing

Just west of Cleveland, on the shore of Lake Erie is a town called Westlake, and in that town is a brewery that has been around for some yea

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Dennis O'Hagan

Aug 21, 2019
6 min

Sonder Brewing in Mason, OH Goes Top Shelf With Campus, Menu, Fantastic Brews

Sonder sits on a 6.5 acre lot in a sort of business development, but bordered by a few larger neighborhoods, so it pulls a good crowd of loc

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