Almost a Year Later

So this year in January I said I would be more involved with blogging about the randomness beer adventures that take place in my life. To bring all my new readers up to speed, since then I have graduated from Towson University, had my first child, and got working in my career. While all of this has been going on how many post have I made? Well NONE, nothing about beer, football, fishing, or even a butt post.

With my life taking a new form and allowing for more constructed daily life I look to dive further into blogging randomness that everyone must know about. If you have something on your mind or a cool idea of what I should blog about shoot me an email at JeffreyMDoran@gmail.com.

I plan on using this blog to let everyone know what I love about beer. Drinking, partying, making, and seeing what others think about it too. Stay tuned for more updates

A Long Time Gone

It's been a while since I have been able to post another entry and the time has come with the new year here to make the best of it. Stay tuned for new posts all about beer. Beer reviews are now going to become a weekly segment look for them on Fridays, along with an updated beer events post for the upcoming weekends which should be posted on Wednesdays. Feel free to pass my link along to friends, family, or even co-workers looking to waste time at work. Here's to the new years and to having a few beers!

Fall Is Here

With the first day of Fall hitting a few days ago, the festivals begin to hit in full swing. Last weekend, I was in Annapolis, MD for a shops festival with my wife and while we were there we stopped at a local Irish pub, Galway Bay, check them out here Galway Bay to sample there food and especially their beers. The two beers which I had were the Galway Bay Pale Ale (pictured) and the Kilkenny Irish Cream Ale. Both were amazing, but I wish they would have poured them into a glass instead of a plastic cup.


Galway Bay Pale Ale

After lunch and hitting a few shops I spotted Annebeth'swhich is a speciality food, beer, and wine shop. They were selling bottles of Save Our Shore beer, check it out here SOS Beer, a beer for the damaged coast lines with 100% of profits going to charity. The beer and the shop was amazing to say the very least. Anyone looking for a nice place to add to your current collection please check them out. While it has been a rough week or so since my last post I have been able to get my hands on a new beer from The Pike Brewing Co., for more information check them out at Pike Brewery.

Pike Monk's Uncle

With many more beers coming out in the future, I hope to pack this blog as much as possible. October 7th starts Baltimore Beer Week with tons of festivities for all to enjoy. I will be out and about at many events keeping those posted up to date.

My Beer Collection

I posted a picture earlier today of the small collection I have gathered. I wanted to list all of the beers which I have tasted to give people a better understanding of the types of beers I enjoy. As you can see from the list my two big names would be Flying Dog and Sierra Nevada. I'm always looking to expand my visions of different beers and try to try something new everywhere that I go. Here's my current list which will be updated regularly over the course of this blog:

21st Amendment Brewery Brew Free or Die IPA

Amstel Pulse

Arcadia Ales Hopmouth Double IPA

Becks Oktoberfest

Blue Heron Pale Ale

Blue Moon Full Moon

Blue Moon Harvest Moon

Blue Point Brewing Hoptical Illusions

Brewers Art Resurrection

Brooklyn Brewery Winter Ale

Bud Light

Budweiser

Clipper City Loose Cannon High Seas

Clipper City Marzhon

Clipper City Red Sky at Night High Seas

Clipper City Small Craft Waning Heavy Seas

Clipper City Winter Storm High Seas

Corona Extra

Corona Light

Dogfish Head 90 Min IPA

Dogfish Head Pumpkin Ale

Fisherman’s Pumpkin Stout

Flying Dog Doggy Style Pale Ale

Flying Dog Dogtoberfest

Flying Dog Double Dog Double Pale Ale

Flying Dog Garde Dog Biere de Garde

Flying Dog K-9 Cruiser Winter Ale

Flying Dog Kerberos Tripel

Flying Dog Raging Bitch Belgian Style IPA

Flying Dog Road Dog Porter

Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA

Flying Dog Tire Bite Golden Ale

Green Flash Brewing West Coast IPA

Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet Holy Sheet

Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet Yule Tide

Hook & Ladder Flashpoint Pale Ale

Kirin Ichiban

Lake Placid IPA

Lake Placid Ubu Ale

Lancaster Hop Hog IPA

Lagunitas IPA

Lagunitas Maximus IPA

Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy

Magic Hat Lucky Hat IPA

Magic Hat Roxy Roller Autumn Seasonal

Magic Hat Vinyl Lager Spring Seasonal

Magic Hat Wacko Summer Seasonal

Mendocino White Hawk IPA

Miller Lite

Mojo Risin' Double IPA

Mythos Hellenic Lager

Natural Light

Never Summer Ale

Pickled Santa

Post Road Pumpkin Ale

Presidente

Pyramid Thunderhead IPA

Raven Lager

Red Hook Long Hammer IPA

Rolling Rock

Samuel Adams Irish Red

Samuel Adams Oktoberfest

Samuel Adams Pale Ale

Samuel Adams Summer Ale

Saranac Caramel Porter

Saranac IPA

Saranac Irish Red Ale

Shipyard IPA

Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

Sierra Nevada Summerfest

Sierra Nevada Glissade

Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA

Southern Tier IPA

St Pauli Girl

Steelhead Double IPA

Stoudts Oktoberfest

Tommyknocker Pick Axe Pale Ale

Troegs Hop Back Amber Ale

Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale

Widmer Drifter Pale Ale

Welcome to my Blog

This is my first post for my new blog and I want to introduce myself to everyone out there who may be reading this. My name is Jeff and I have a true love for BEER. I have had this idea for a blog for quite sometime but have never gone through with signing up and writing about something that I love. As many people do not know me let me tell you a little about myself. I'm 25, currently a senior attending Towson University, play football for BSSC, have traveled all over the world, have a wife who I love, 2 children (Jack Russell's), enjoy playing video games, and love drinking BEER. I'm a full time student, part time bartender at Silver Spring Mining Co. in Hunt Valley, and part time promotion assistant at Clear Channel Baltimore. I have had a lot of experience drinking many different beers from all over the world, to give people an idea of how much I love drinking beer here is a picture of my small collection of beer bottles that I have collected.     

Small collection of about 80 bottles and counting.

This blog is my first adventure into blogging and I look forward to using this as actively as I can. I plan on focusing on the new beers that are out, giving reviews of new beers that I drink, and give people a new place to find information about beer in and around Baltimore. I also plan on blogging about my experiences with beer at upcoming festivals and events along with my personal weekend drinking adventures. If you love beer and reading about beer come here and come often. I will try to update this as much as possible along with my twitter account - baltbeerblog. I look forward to having many followers and making some positive connections for the future.