Brian Vandenbroek About Me Page at Helium

My passion is ...

craft brewed beer and writing

I know too much about ...

Joss Whedon's Firefly

My parents always told me ...

Pick up your feet

My childhood ambition ...

writing

My favorite memory ...

Vacations taken with my dad

Why I write ...

I enjoy sharing my thoughts and opinions with people.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

reading: books about beer; watching firefly; listening to psychobilly

My first job ...

harvesting honey for a beekeeper

My best moment ...

coming in first in a high school fundraising

My inspiration ...

the need to improve my skillset and earn more money

Food & Drink > Beer Reviews Beer reviews: Rolling Rock: 3 of 3

Travel through the Pacific Northwest and you'll see billboards everywhere for Rolling Rock. The billboards look like ads for some local craft brew. As it turns out, that impression couldn't be more wrong. Not only is Rolling Rock lager not craft brewed, it's from the opposite end of the country, Pennsylvania to be exact. After some digging, I learned Rolling Rock lager and Latrobe Brewing have a history that's long and maybe a little convoluted. Latrobe's history starts with the company's founding in 1893 in western Pennsylvania. Operations were suspended when prohibition started. Later, t...
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