Tag: Brewery
Barleywines are the best of pale malts
After a break for the Christmas season, the Untappd Challenge is back for the new year. Untappd is a free social drinking app that allows…
SweetWater vs. Sam Adams — The Super Bowl Loser Will Pay Up
News broke via Twitter (how else) on Friday afternoon of a possible Super Bowl wager forming between two of the country’s largest craft breweries: Atlanta’s…
Craft Beer’s Answer to Light Beer
Syda Productions/Shutterstock When you’re having more than one, you should be drinking session beer. As you can imagine, there’s a bit of beer advertising rattling…
The Five W’s Of Drinking In 2017
Many Americans drinkers are entering 2017 with trepidation, and it’s not just because they may fear our new president prefers Twitter to tolerance. As I’ve…
This Day in History: The First Canned Beer Was Sold
Today is a great day to crack a cold one — a canned cold one — because on this day in 1933, the world was…
9 Weird Brewery Names and the Stories Behind Them
Hopping Gnome Brewing Co. | Wichita, KS “There’s no place like Gnome” and “Take me Gnome tonight” are two popular phrases at Hopping Gnome Brewing…
A Brewery Founded By MIT Geeks Releases a New Sci-Fi Rock Album on Beer Cans
When was the last time Pabst Blue Ribbon released a beer based on a sci-fi concept album about transdimensional travel? Never, that’s when. But Aeronaut…
Battle brewing over how government treats breweries and wineries
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) – A battle appears to be brewing in the local beer industry, and it has to do with what activities are allowed…
Sierra Nevada recalls 8 beers because a bottle flaw could hurt drinkers
Sierra Nevada, the nation’s third-largest craft brewery, is voluntarily recalling eight beers sold in 12-ounce bottles in 35 states, including Maryland and Virginia, plus the…
Beer talk with Alex Fisher: 10 beers worth trying
I’m overwhelmed, not necessarily in a bad way, when I arrive at the beer department at Fisher Foods on Fulton or any other well-stocked local…
Opinion: How craft beer lost its craft and gained layoffs
The definition of craft beer is as amorphous as it ever was. And that helps no one but the beer industry’s largest brewers. After we…
How Tesla Batteries Help Make Sierra Nevada Beer
The hop notes are pine and citrus, chased by toasted malt and a finish of lithium-ion. That’s right, one of the iconic American pale ales…
The Best Beers To Try on Each Continent
For many of us, sampling local drinks is one of the things that we look forward to most about traveling. And if your favorite beverage…
SAMSON v. Goliath
There is something of a Samson-versus-Goliath situation in the beer world. Big Beer – Anheuser-Busch, Miller/Coors, et al – and smaller craft breweries are at…
What’s coming up in beer in 2017? – Predictions for the Year Ahead – Comment
Our series of category forecasts continues. After Chris Losh shared his wine predictions last week, here’s Stephen Beaumont to tell us how he sees the…
