Alcoholic Beverages

Wine in the Woods marks 20th festival year in Howard County

2012-05-21 06:49:00

When the first Wine in the Woods festival was being planned in 1992, Ellicott City restaurateur Fernand Tersiguel suggested organizers add enlightenment to their goals for the event. This weekend, as the wine festival marks its 20th anniversary in...

Wine Find: Bonterra Chardonnay 2010

2012-05-14 09:18:00

From: Mendocino County, Calif. Price: $14 Serve with: Salmon, ham, crabs Bonterra is one of California's largest and most reliable producers of organic wines. More important, from my point of view, is the fact that they're very good wines that won't...

Wine Find: 2010 Falernia Pedro Ximenez Reserva

2012-05-07 10:34:00

From: Elqui Valley, Chile Price: $13 Serve with: Seafood, salads Find it at: i.m. Wine, 8180 Maple Lawn Blvd, Fulton, and other local wine shops Pedro Ximenez is a white wine grape varietal best known for its role in producing dessert wines in Spain's...

Reading wine labels can be an art

2012-05-07 11:29:00

Label art and label law are two completely different things, but sometimes there can be a real art to reading the label. Wine law is meant to clarify and identify what is in the bottle. But sometimes, the law itself confuses and confounds. The wines...

Still in business: The 175+ year club

2012-05-08 08:34:00

When Augustus Schwatka launched his blacksmithing shop on West Saratoga Street in 1810, the War of 1812 was on the horizon, locomotives were not yet a transportation option and slavery was thriving. Two centuries have passed since then, but you can still...

Md. brewer releases Wedding Alt: It's for weddings

2012-05-02 06:30:00

Wedding Alt, a craft beer created for wedding receptions, is on its way. Created by Frederick, Md.-based Brewer's Alley, the new beer will be released May 10. The bottles, which come in a poppy blue and gold carrier, can be customized with the bride...

New large-scale brewery will be Baltimore's first in more than 30 years

2012-04-07 00:00:00

The former bottling plant in the Abell neighborhood has been all but abandoned for years. The Beverage Capital Corp. sign outside has faded. The white office walls have yellowed. A nearby mechanic uses the space that used to hold the bottling line as a...

Pratt Street Ale House to open new ale house in Columbia

2012-04-06 07:11:00

Come this fall, Pratt Street Ale House will have a sister location in Columbia. That's the plan anyway. The owners of the Inner Harbor brewpub, home of Oliver Breweries, signed a lease two weeks ago for the former Rocky Run Tap in Columbia. Justin...

The Grapevine: Look to Provence for rich and ripe reds

2012-04-10 06:27:00

Provence is pretty in pink. In fact, it leads the world in the production of dry ros�. The iconic sun-drenched landscape is as famous for its lavender and sunflowers as it is for its yachts and wealthy visitors who chase their afternoons at the beach...

Assembly OKs growler sales, extends hours golf courses can serve alcohol

2012-04-10 08:48:00

Starting July 1, some Howard County restaurants will be able to sell draft beer in refillable containers and local golf courses will be able to serve alcohol at 6:30 a.m., thanks to bills passed unanimously during this year's Maryland General Assembly...

Philadelphia's X-factor

2012-04-13 12:20:00

Toward the end of their concert in Philadelphia this month, First Aid Kit addressed the crowd: "We want to try an experiment." For the past hour, Klara and Johanna Soderberg, the two Swedish sisters who make up the band, had been performing the kind of...

Update: Charles Village Pub re-opening expected by month's end

2012-04-17 13:04:00

Update April 17: CVP has set the official opening date as April 23, after a week or so in soft mode, reports Explore Baltimore County. That's a month later than co-owner Rick Bielski had anticipated in early March, when he last spoke out about the...

Mom tells deputy she's tired from "drinking a lot yesterday." Mom then fessed up to drinking nine beers on Saturday and "plenty of beers" on Sunday -- and then drinking her most recent beer when she picked up her kids from school, according to the report. Read more

2012-05-08 00:00:00

Sam McClain stacks Daisy Cutter Pale Ales at Half Acre Beer Company in Chicago in January.

2012-05-03 10:07:00

On tap: Three Floyds makes eight year-round beers, a different seasonal every month and the occasional we're-making-this-because-we-can beer. That's more than 20 beers per year.

2012-04-25 17:44:27