Welcome To A New Year

Hopefully you notice the new layout.  If your having problems seeing text or anything else please feel free to leave me a comment.    If you are on Twitter you should check out my the new layout over there http://twitter.com/verysmallbeer and don't forget to follow me.

As you can see above, I have also added a beer index.  You can use that list to see what I have reviewed and link directly to the article.  I will try to keep it alphabetized to make things easy on you.

Posts will follow a weekly pattern with each day having a theme.  The schedule is as follows:

• Next Monday "Tough Topics" will return.
• On Tuesday a short series of posts focused on craft beer memories will debut and run for about a month.  
• Wednesday will feature beer reviews.
• Each Thursday I will be taking a look at the businesses that make, sell and serve beer.
• Friday will have a series of topics on entertaining with beer.  The first few months will cover glassware and serving issues followed by recipes and parings etc.
• Saturday and Sunday will be kind of a hodgepodge of topics that do not make it into the regular weeks posts.  However, some weekends I may not post at all, because well I'm drinking beer.

I have written several weeks worth of posts for some of these topics so I am confident I will be able to keep up.

Please feel free to drop me a line in the comments section to add your thoughts to a particular post.  I hope you all have enjoyed what has been posted in the past and enjoy what the future brings.  Happy New Year!

Site Updates and Changes

A cold has stopped me in my tracks, and I am unable to properly review beer and locations for the last few days.  However, I want to take a moment to tell you all what is happening and going to happen with the site.

First, thank you for reading.  Since going public I have had over 1,200 articles read.  Way more than I thought would happen and visits have been above average for food and drink blogs.  Most visits come from the U.S. but I did break out a map to see where Estonia and Mauritius are located.  Also, a pretty vibrant Japanese readership has developed.  Please leave comments.  I love reading what people think.

What is coming in the blog?

1. Turn it into a site.  The blog will remain the focus, but I will start building in resources for readers to dig deeper into some topics.
2. Re-tagging all beer posts to include style.  This will allow readers to see all beers in their chosen style with one click on the tag cloud.
3. Comprehensive list of all beer reviewed on the site on a dedicated page.
4. Location reviews.
5. Comprehensive list of all locations reviewed in the blog on a dedicated page.
6. Mission statement, biography, and contact information.
7. Anything people leave in comments that I think is doable.

I also got a few surprises up my sleeve, but not ready to make them public yet.  Please keep coming back.  I hope to continue the habit of daily updates and giving you a worthwhile read.  Thanks for reading!