Tag Archives: beer

This Week: June 19-25, 2011

Hi everyone! We have a lot of activity in the Café this week! On Thursday we are joined by Eric Giler CEO of Witricity and former CEO of Brook Trout & Groove Mobile as part of  The Capital Network‘s jointly-developed … Continue reading

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This Week: June 5-11, 2011

Hi everyone! We have some great activities in the Café this week to get you out and networking. On Thursday we are joined by Dina Routhier for the next session in our series of informal office hours with MTDC partners. … Continue reading

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Venture Cafe Beer Ordering Trade Secrets

Many Venture Cafe guests have inquired at the bar as to how we choose the beers on tap and how we procure them.  It’s not always a straight-forward process, so I thought I’d enlighten guests on the byzantine world of … Continue reading

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“Clowns are questionable but the shoes make me laugh”

-Gregg Berman, Founder of Clown Shoes The founders of Clown Shoes originally submitted the name to a Beer Advocate contest to name a new brew in celebration of the 2010 Extreme Beer Fest.  After the submission didn’t crack the top … Continue reading

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What’s so crafty about craft beer?

At Venture Cafe, we take pride in serving local craft beers.  After repeating the phrase “local craft beers” many, many times, I realized that a lot of people had no idea what the phrase meant.  In our case, local may … Continue reading

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Hop into Spring, with Beer

Judging from the snow that fell on March 21, spring has not yet arrived outside … but it has arrived in Venture Cafe.  Local breweries are releasing their spring seasonal beers and we are trying to catch them before they … Continue reading

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Beer: aged to perfection

I’ve run into a few people recently who are starting their own beer cellars.  To be honest, the idea is a bit intimidating to me, because “beer cellaring” sounds fancy and complicated to my ears.  After a bit of research, however, I found … Continue reading

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The Capital Network Brings Seasoned Entrepreneurs to the Cafe

In a guest post from Dan Allred, Board Member of The Capital Network and Senior Relationship Manager at Silicon Valley Bank, Dan describes a new offering for the community to be held at Venture Cafe. In this pilot of four monthly … Continue reading

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This Week: Mar 13 – Mar 19

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! This Thursday, we welcome MassChallenge, #IDTechUp and for the first time in the Café, Cantata Singers! We have something for everyone, whether your interest is in startup competitions, international development or music and Bach! Thursday, March … Continue reading

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This Week: Jan 30 – Feb 5

This week, Boston World Partnerships is back again for the popular Connectors’ Corner!  We also welcome a new member to our bar staff, Brian Wang, who actually started serving for us last week.  We really have an expert on staff … Continue reading

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