Does your favorite local craft beer bar have a seat with your name on it? Do you sneak your recycling bin out at night for fear your neighbors will think you are an alcoholic? Do you spend every waking minute drinking, serving, selling, writing about, reading about, talking about, or posting all over the Internet […]
Taste and tweet about holiday beers and food pairings on December 18th
The Brewers Association, the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independentAmerican craft brewers, issued the following statement regarding the increase in production and promotion of craft-like beers by large, non-craft breweries: An American craft brewer is defined as small and independent. Their annual production is 6 million barrels of beer or less and no […]
Six weeks ago, the East Coast of the United States was turned upside down by gale force winds and massive flooding. Although photos and news reports of Tropical Storm Sandy have almost completely disappeared from the media, the devastation she left behind is still very much present in the lives of those most affected by […]
Beer lovers rejoice! Beachwood BBQ & Brewing has announced that it will (finally!) start bottling its amazing craft beer. Barely two years old and brewing on a mere 10 bbl system, Beachwood BBQ has already won several awards — including gold and bronze at the 2012 Great American Beer Festival. First bottled brew will be […]
Created by the masterminds at Victory and Dogfish Head brewing companies, Amber Waves is a juried art exhibit with an interesting and beeralicious twist. The unique art & beer pairing show premieres Spring 2013.
Just this week, collaboration beer gurus Stone, Stillwater, and Evil Twin unveiled its latest creation — a black smoked saison aptly named The Perfect Crime. Seeing as how the saison is one of my all-time favorite styles to both drink and to brew, I am particularly intrigued by this collaboration. Brian Strumke (Stillwater) Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø […]
A little over a year ago, fellow social media addict maven and friend, Jacob McKean, left one of the most envy-worthy jobs in the craft beer industry to do what many of us dream about doing, but few can actually do — open his own brewery. Quite possibly the biggest challenge in starting a brewery, […]
On November 15, 2012 (King’s Day in Belgium), the best specialty beer-centric bars, restaurants, and stores across the nation (and beyond) will be joining in a Coast to Coast Toast to celebrate Vanberg & DeWulf’s birthday and the great state of craft and specialty beer culture in the US of A. Now, before we talk […]
Oh my, it is already November? The days have gotten shorter, leaves have changed and fallen, bright blue skies have turned to gray, and any semblance of summer has been lost. But, as sad as it is to lose the warmth of the sun, the colder months bring with them a change of beer landscape. […]
