In 2002, Oskar Blues became the first American craft brewery to can its own beer. Most of the industry thought they were insane. The conventional…
The session IPA is a style with a credibility problem. Making a beer hop-forward, flavorful, and under 4.5% ABV sounds like a marketing brief rather…
Dogfish Head’s 90 Minute gets most of the fame, but the 60 Minute is the workhorse — the one that made the brewery’s reputation for…
Dry hopping is the single fastest way to transform a mediocre IPA into a great one — and one of the most misunderstood techniques in…
Asheville, North Carolina punches well above its weight in the brewing world, and Burial Beer Co. is a big reason why. Opened in 2013 in…
Before “craft beer” was a household phrase, Sam Calagione was doing things that nobody in American brewing was doing — and most of the industry…
Some beers become institutions. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale — named after a trout stream in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — is one of them. It has…
The Alchemist Brewery in Stowe, Vermont makes one beer. Just one. And they don’t need to make another one. Heady Topper is an American Double…
Every November, the seasonal beer market floods with spiced ales, winter warmers, and pumpkin-adjacent abominations. Into this chaos walks Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale — a…
The Voodoo Ranger lineup from New Belgium is one of the quiet success stories of modern craft beer. While other Colorado breweries were chasing seasonal…
