You can’t call your beer that.
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NPR blog "The Salt" has a great write up about the ever-shrinking naming possibilities for beers and brews. A quick Google search reveals multiple beers named "Hopscotch," and at least three India Pale Ales with the ...
Mosquitos like beer?
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Or something like that. Just a single 12-ounce bottle of beer can make you more attractive to the insects, one study found. But even though researchers had suspected this was because drinking increases the amount of ...
Terrapin & Saw Works collaborate on Georgia/Tennesse rivalry beer
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In celebration of this week's classic football match-up between the University of Georgia Bulldogs and the University of Tennessee Volunteers, these 2 "rival" brewers have set aside their differences for a collaborati...
West Flanders Makes Broncos Themed Beer for NFL Playoffs
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The AFC Championship is this Sunday, and everyone's getting ready in their own way. West Flanders has been getting ready for a lot longer, it seems, as they're now ready to release their local sports squad-themed bee...
“Average” Breweries
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Beer vs. Beer has a good blog post about the role of your typical neighborhood non-barrel-aged imperial hype machine type brewery. If a brewery is pumping out just average or slightly below average beer, does it mat...
Even Bears Love Beer
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This thing should be flying up the ol' Colbert "Threat Down" any time now. In the summers of 2012 and 2013, we were blessed by the donation of used beer mash by Payette Brewing Company. Now you’re probably wondering,...
Dogfish Head founder affirms wisdom of looking to the past
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In a guest piece for the Wall Street Journal, Sam Calagione talks about the inspiration for Dogfish Head's "Ancient" beer lineup and how this logic might apply in other lines of business: As a small company you need ...
Britain’s craft scene growing
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There's been a 25% increase in the number of breweries operating across the pond since 2011. And the younger generation seems to be embracing this explosion of craft: While lager may still be the tipple of choice fo...
Century-old beer for Christmas?
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The often-fascinating Larsblog has a great post on a largely forgotten brewing tradition that resulted in some very old beer. After a few years, half the beer would be drained off and bottled, and a new batch would b...
The Many Styles of Oktoberfest
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Craftbeer.com has a great write-up explaining the history of Oktoberfest styles and medal-winners in each of the categories. Simply put, American Oktoberfest styles do not really match up with what's going on in Germa...