Monthly Archives: January 2019

Hysteria's Taplist sign

Sad Panda

Columbia, MD January 10, 2019

Early Sunday morning (January 6th) tragedy struck Hysteria Brewing Co. A vandal broke the windows of their van and keyed it, broke a tap room window, stole a hop planter and tried to damage the front door. If that’s not bad enough, they also destroyed the critical glycol unit resulting in having to dump 4 beers in their fermenters, including Trash Panda. Continue reading Sad Panda

Beer Reads

The 2019 New Year finds us with a government shutdown, discarded Christmas trees, bored consumers, wildfire victims, Sapwood Cellars (yea!), and buttery flavored beer. Fortunately, craft beer has answers to all these problems. Read on.

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Samuel Smith Winter Welcome

Welcome, 2019

Happy New Year!

For New Year’s Eve, Mrs. Adventures and I attended 2 parties. It was fun to see old friends and make some new ones. Although most of my old friends were of the flesh and blood variety, 2 were liquid and came in a bottle – Ommegang Hennepin (farmhouse) and Sam Smith Winter Welcome (English Ale). Both are classics of their style which I enjoyed sharing with friends, a great way to ring in the New Year.

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