The brilliant minds at Dogfish Head never cease to amaze me. It is no secret that my first love was wine. I dedicated nearly 7 years to studying and working with it. Media, retail, restaurant, winery — I’ve touched just about every tier of the industry. Wine, although arguably less dimensional than beer, is exciting. [...]
BERKELEY, Calif. (December 13, 2011) — Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) has teamed up with social media maven and craft beer evangelist, The Beer Wench (@TheBeerWench), on a series of virtual beer tastings to be hosted LIVE on Twitter. The themed series will take place every two months. The first tasting in the series is scheduled [...]
What’s in a name? Apparently a lot, as evidenced by the seemingly endless debate over the name of one of the newest style categories of beer. Black India Pale Ale India Black Ale American-style India Black Ale American-style Black Ale Cascadian Dark Ale All names for what is, at its most basic, a really hoppy [...]
Not everyone is lucky enough to live in the lovely state of California — land of some of the best the best brewers and craft breweries in the country. And one such brewery is Firestone Walker Brewing Company, home to the most winningest brewer in the world, Matt Brynildson. (Would really love to be neutral [...]
Bison Brewing Releases Organic Zeal Island Pale Ale Winning recipe from the New Brew Thursday Homebrew Competition It isn’t every day that a homebrewer gets the chance to upscale a recipe and brew on a commercial system under the guidance of a master brewer. But for one lucky California homebrewer, this dream became a reality. [...]
When asked to put together an event for PDX Beer Week, local beer writer and organic beer proponent Abram Goldman-Armstrong didn’t want to do a standard beer event. “Portland beer sage Fred Eckhardt once conducted an “organic beer and junkfood pairing,” says Goldman-Armstrong. “With that inspiration, I decided to pair organic beer and bacon. All [...]