Move over mimosas and bellinis, Champagne isn’t the only sparkling beverage worthy of the brunch table. Fruit beers and ciders boast the same fruity effervescence worthy of washing down your Belgian waffles, chocolate chip pancakes, eggs Benedict, and yes folks, all things bacon!! On August 23, from 6-7 p.m. CST, join Whole Foods Market and […]
Just when I thought all the possible hop pun beer names have been thought of, New Belgium announced the release of a brand spanking new seasonal — Red Hoptober, a deep garnet ale featuring Eldorado red hops. Weighing in at 6% abv and 45 IBUs, Red Hoptober is a dark garnet ale with a bright […]
As an advocate of both craft beer and Slow Food, I really admire the mindful brewers who take “extra” steps to produce artisanal beers inspired by local ingredients. One such brewmaster is Jared Rouben of Goose Island’s Clybourn Pub in Chicago, IL (still a privately owned brewpub which was NOT included in the Goose Island […]
As if IPA Day wasn’t reason enough to celebrate craft beer on August 2nd, the Brewer’s Association recently announced that public admission tickets to the 2012 Great American Beer Festival will go on sale starting August 2nd, until they are sold out. For those lucky enough to be Brewer’s Association members (aka breweries), American Homebrewers […]
As you can imagine, alcohol laws in the United States are very strict, highly controversial and extremely wonky. Sadly, a significant amount of today’s alcohol legislation has deep roots to the post-Prohibition Era, making many alcohol laws irrelevant and simply stupid. But, as with many idiosyncrasies in our government, some of these stupid laws are […]
Firestone Walker just announced the release of an Imperial version of its flagship beer, Double Barrel Ale. Double DBA is essentially DBA brewed at double strength and matured for an extended period. Like DBA, Double DBA was partially fermented in new American oak barrels. “We started our brewery by fermenting our flagship Double Barrel Ale […]
Looks like Dogfish Head Brewery is not the only one conspiring with archeologists to recreate ancient beer recipes. Great Lakes Brewing Company out of Cleveland, OH recently announced its latest project, spearheaded by co-owner Pat Conway. They intend to recreate the very first beer that man ever made. In order to brew a historically accurate […]
In dog years, 19 years is like forever. Same with craft beer. Back in 1993, when Avery Brewing Co. first started its operations, there were barely 500 craft breweries in the U.S. Nineteen years later, there are nearly 2000 — a number which is growing at an exponential rate. For those unfamiliar, Avery Brewing Co. […]
As an huge advocate and self-proclaimed leader of the beer cocktail movement, I’m thrilled to announce that Tales of the Cocktail® is presenting a beer mixology themed seminar during this year’s festival. I’m even more excited to learn that my good friends Wendy Littlefield and Don Feinburg of Vanberg & DeWulf are the official beer […]
After a two-year hiatus, the rockstar brewers at Dogfish Head, Victory and Stone have re-joined forces to re-release their popular collaboration beer, Saison du BUFF — a Belgian-farmhouse style brewed with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Dogfish Head / Victory / Stone Saison du BUFF was born out of an ad hoc group formed way back […]
