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October Home Brew Recipe: Brown Ale

As cold weather rolls in, this brown ale will make you feel all warm inside. Brewed with a huge amount of biscuit malt this brown ale goes for the ultimate in “toasty” flavor without crossing the line into “roast” flavors and was originally designed to avoid any coffee characteristics sometimes found in darker beers. The […]

Barry | 10/30/19

October Guide of the Month: Gabi

Gabi works as a Boston tour guide and an elementary school music teacher. Learn more about how he utilizes his talent for teaching with craft beer and music! BEFORE YOU WORKED AT CITY BREW TOURS, WHAT WAS THE MOST INTERESTING OR UNUSUAL JOB YOU’VE EVER HAD? I had a few interesting jobs when I lived […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 10/17/19

September Home Brew Recipe: Hoppy Amber Ale

With fall drawing nearer by the day, most beer drinkers are salivating at the thoughts of steins of festbier but since it’s much too late to brew one of these malty boiz, I want to share a recipe of my other favorite fall seasonal, a hoppy amber ale. Usually this bastion of balance falls to […]

brianhatheway | 9/17/19

September’s Guide of the Month: Steve

Join us as we celebrate our beer guide of the month for September 2019! Read about new tours, beer styles, and more from our City Coordinator, Steve. Before you worked at City Brew Tours, what was the most interesting or unusual job you’ve ever had? I once moved out West with my brothers and started […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 9/16/19

10 Best Things About Boston

10 INSPIRATIONS FOR YOUR BOSTON TRIP TO DO LIST By Kalimah M. Why visit Boston? There are so many reasons, and here we’ve collected 10 of our favorite things about Boston for you to keep in mind as you’re planning your trip to one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the United States […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 7/11/19

June’s Guide of the Month: Jenni

June’s Guide of the Month is none other than Jenni, one of our DC guides! What interested you in City Brew Tours, and what is your favorite part of being a guide? I’m a homebrewer, beer lover, and educator, so when I learned about City Brew Tours, it just seemed like the perfect fit! As […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 6/20/19

May Guide of the Month: Chuck Bonfig

What interested you in City Brew Tours, and what is your favorite part of being a guide? I’ve always enjoyed sharing my passions for history and beer, and CBT gives me a great opportunity to do both on a nightly basis. What is the most complex or interesting brewing recipe that you have ever executed? […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 5/6/19

Saint Ben’s – Farewell, For Now

Philadelphia is an old city. Right up there with Boston or New York. And if you look close enough, you can still find relics from the past in every corner of our city. Take for example the modest warehouse at 1710 N 5th St. You’d be forgiven for rushing by and not giving the building […]

cbtguest | 4/19/19

Larimer Beer Company coming to Chester PA

Just 8 miles south of Philadelphia lies Chester, the oldest city in Pennsylvania and the largest in Delaware County. Once a thriving port city full of manufacturing, Chester has hit a serious economic downturn over the last several decades. Efforts have been made in recent years to try and reverse that trend though, including Harrah’s […]

cbtguest | 4/19/19

April Guide of the Month: Brian Hatheway

What would people never guess is a part of your role as a beer guide? Learning to deal with that awkward silence in the van after you make a bad joke isn’t something I thought I’d have to get used to What has been one of your proudest moments working at City Brew Tours? My […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 4/12/19

March Guide of the Month: Brent Hallowell

What interested you in City Brew Tours, and what is your favorite part of being a guide? I recently moved to the area and I was looking for a way to discover and learn about the local craft beer scene. My favorite part about being a guide is the opportunity it gives me to […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 3/11/19

February Guide of the Month: Cat Joyner

Before you worked at City Brew Tours, what was the most interesting or unusual job you’ve ever had? I was a farmer in New Zealand for a few months with a program called WWOOF. I did everything from harvesting feijoas (weird fruit) to running an organic market/smoothie place. I would hitchhike from place to place […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 2/21/19

January Guide of the Month: Dan Chrusciel

Check out our first 2019 Guide of the Month: Dan Chrusciel! Before you worked at City Brew Tours, what was the most interesting or unusual job you’ve ever had? I would have to say Hopsters. It’s a custom craft brewery that allows customers to brew their own small batch of beer onsite. Brewing 4-5 […]

aliciafitzmaurice | 1/15/19

December Guide of the Month: Tim Thomas

Before you worked at City Brew Tours, what was the most interesting or unusual job you’ve ever had? I like to tell people that I was technically a shepherd for a bit, but I wasn’t paid…and it was only a single goat…so maybe I can’t count that. Still, the shepherding happened while I was […]

isaacbell | 1/15/19

November Guide of the Month: Derek Krater

Check out our Guide of the Month for November, Derek Krater! This Boston guide talks Tennis to Tacos! Before you worked at City Brew Tours, what was the most interesting or unusual job you’ve ever had? Before City Brew Tours, the most interesting job I ever held was working for the Broadmoor Improvement Association, […]

isaacbell | 11/14/18

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