We traveled to Tampa for a weekend getaway with one purpose in mind: Craft Beer. And more specifically, to visit Cigar City Brewing. We had entered the waiting list lottery last Fall for the El Catador Club and lo and behold, we won! The El Catador Club is Cigar City’s barrel-aged beer club. For a […]
Craft Beer Fest Survival – Thirsty Giraffe style
There seems to be an opportunity to go to a craft beer fest every weekend lately. The Thirsty Giraffe attends at least 4 – 5 events a year including next weekend’s Michigan Winter Beer Fest hosted by the Michigan Brewers Guild in Grand Rapids. These festivals are such a fantastic way to try beers and breweries […]
Sunday Sips – Running the Brewgrass
Sometimes you have a week, sometimes you have a weekend and sometimes you have just one day to explore a craft beer scene. Last weekend in Lexington, KY was of the one day variety and we made good of the short amount of time we had by visiting four brewers in 7 hours. I don’t […]
Thirsty Thursday Bar Crawl – Hong Kong Style!
December means another trip to Hong Kong for business but of course I found time to have some fun too. The craft beer scene in Hong Kong is exploding! There were so many new places to try on this trip, I could have used more than a few extra days to try them all. Here’s […]
Thirsty Thursday – You make me wanna STOUT!
It’s the most, wonderful time of the year – Stout Season! And today is International Stout Day! Why? Why not? Pretty sure there is a day for everything you can think of now. (World Giraffe Day is June 21st if you were looking for an occasion to buy The Thirsty Giraffe team a gift.) So, in […]
Tuesday Travels: A Denver Quickie
We recently found ourselves with a free afternoon in downtown Denver, CO which of course meant it was a free afternoon to do some day drinking via brewery hopping! But first, food! We started our day with a big brunch at local spot Syrup. A cute, modern diner with a large menu of unique breakfast […]
Yooper Beer There (Or A Recap of the UP Beer Fest Part 2)
Road Trip! The time had come to head to Marquette for the 7th Annual U.P. Fall Beer Fest! We packed up the car and made the 7 hour drive after work on Thursday so that we would have all day Friday to relax and explore. We woke up Friday morning to cold temps, overcast skies […]
Yooper Beer Here! (Or a recap of the UP Beer Fest – Part 1)
Time for beer over the bridge! After attending for the first time last year, the U.P. Fall Beer Fest in Marquette, MI quickly became the favorite fest of the year for The Thirsty Giraffe. More details to come in part 2 of the recap regarding pre-fest activities but today we will concentrate on […]
Good Beer Wins: A Love Letter to Greenbush
With so many breweries in Michigan and surrounding states to choose from, you’d think it would be difficult to call one your favorite. But, one visit to Greenbush Brewing Company in Sawyer, MI and you will see why I can confidently call this place mine. We discovered Greenbush in 2013 when we still lived in the […]
Tuesday Travels: Hong Kong’s TAP
As I talked about in my first post about the Hong Kong Craft Beer scene, I am always looking for the latest beer spot when I am there. This last trip I was able to make it to a new location in the city of Mong Kok, the gastropub TAP- The Ale Project. The location […]