Deep in the Ardennes forest, almost at the Luxembourg border, there be Gnomes. Brewing gnomes.  Ok, so maybe the Achouffe brewery isn’t actually run by gnomes, but you’d never know that from looking at a bottle.  Each one is decorated with a gnome, hunched over with a bundle of malt and hops grasped in its [...]

From Eureka, Ari and I headed back north, through Arcata, and inland to Blue Lake.  After getting slightly lost, we eventually made our way through the sleepy town to the brewery. Inside we found the staff was examining new chairs for the tasting room.  They called Tara, our guide to the brewery to come meet [...]

I’ve got the week off for a mini-vacation, so i jumped at the chance to go explore a bit of Northern California.  My youngest brother Ari is studying at California State Humboldt, so i packed my car and headed up the coast into the Redwoods.  We visited two breweries near Arcata - Lost Coast Brewing in [...]