Dec
24
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On December 12th, 2012, Team CHSBeer had the thrilling privilege to present at Pecha Kucha Night #16 at Growfood Carolina! If you don't know, Charleston's Pecha Kucha nights are presented by Charleston Creative Parliament, and are a chance for local creative folks to speak about their ideas and passions in a very specific format. You can read a lot more about that right here. We scripted our...
Nov
14
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In early September, I caught up with Morgan and Edward Westbrook, co-founders of Westbrook Brewing, to talk about their barrel-aging program for Eat This! Charleston, a quarterly food magazine to which I contribute a column. I ended with up great audio, and since you can't print audio, we thought we'd post it up here for anyone interested, along with a full transcript. The Winter 2012 issue of...
Oct
19
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Editor's Note: Our friend and regular blogger, Professor Brandon "Old Time" Plyler, takes some time here to explain the genesis of his Beer School series, co-organized by CBX and Kudu. Fall classes are under way, so don't miss out on sessions 3 & 4! -ETP About 2 years ago I began instructing at the Culinary Institute at Trident Technical Community College.  This was a natural extension...
Oct
3
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This year, the City Paper folks were kind enough to include us in their annual Beer Issue. What we didn't know was that the essay I wrote would be the Feature Story, so double thanks!! Thanks also specifically to our friend and City Paper food writer Eric Doksa for putting our names in the hat, and Managing Editor Chris Haire for being cool to work with via e-mail (a MUST for us). Here are some...
Sep
7
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At long last, our friends at Holy City Brewing have a robust, full-blown, killer web presence again! Team CHSBeer was honored and privileged to provide the design and initial content for the new site. I think we can speak for Holy City, and of course ourselves, in saying we're proud of the results. You can now use the brewery's official site to get their backstory, details on every beer they've...