Author: Lew Bryson
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BrysonWe Changed The World … For This?
August 4, 2016 - Lew Bryson This article appears in the September 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine, on newsstands now. From early on in my writing career, I’ve referred to pilsner as “the beer that conquered the world.” This dry, hoppy, golden lager rolled out of Bohemia in the early 1840s and quickly became the world’s favorite. Europe, Africa, Asia,... View Article -
BrysonMega-merger? How About No?
May 17, 2016 - Lew Bryson Tear your mind and attention away from IPAs and imperial stouts and kettle sours for a moment, and consider the mega-merger of mega-brewers that’s currently being evaluated by the U.S. Department of Justice. Consider the names that are involved, directly and indirectly: Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev). SABMiller. MolsonCoors. These are already products of the mergers... View Article -
What's BrewingLittle Spinners: Centrifuge Technology Enters Small Brewing Niche
May 5, 2016 - Lew Bryson Editor’s Note: This story appears in the July 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine. Shortly after the video was produced, Kushal Hall vacated his position at Speakeasy to return to Southern California. We like to refer to sweeping behind-the-scenes changes as quiet revolutions, but one such change that’s taking place in smaller breweries is anything... View Article -
What's BrewingBreweries Transform Walls into Vertical Gardens
May 1, 2016 - Lew Bryson We like to think of small brewers as green, sustainable businesses. Some brewers are making their walls literally green with new slants on an old technology, vertical hydroponic gardens on walls right in the brewery. Jared Long, the head brewer at Altitude Chophouse & Brewery in Laramie, Wyoming, got approached by Bright Agrotech, a local... View Article -
Bryson - Web OnlyFlat Tire
April 25, 2016 - Lew Bryson American brewing has a problem, and New Belgium Brewing Co. has put together a 12-pack of it. I like New Belgium. I like the beers they do, I like the folks from there that I’ve met—hell, some of them I flat out admire—their business model is worthy of emulation and always has been, and their... View Article -
Bryson - Web OnlyTribal Drinking
March 22, 2016 - Lew Bryson Why do you drink craft beer? Back when I started drinking beer, in 1978, things were simple: I drank beer. Cold beer, free beer, dark beer, cream ale, even malt liquor, I grabbed it and loved it. Then I had my epiphany in 1981 with a flip-top bottle of German pilsner, and realized that I... View Article -
Bryson - Web OnlyThe Hottest New Thing: Lagers!
March 4, 2016 - Lew Bryson I’ve been reading that one of the hot new stars on the better beer circuit is … wait for it … lager! Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Nooner, Firestone-Walker Brewing Co.’s Pivo, Left Hand Brewing Co.’s Polestar, and Lagunitas Brewing Co.’s Pils were all mentioned in stories all over the beer web in the past year... View Article -
Bryson - Web OnlyYuengling: So Much Better Than It Was
January 25, 2016 - Lew Bryson D.G. Yuengling & Son is America’s oldest brewery, established by David Yuengling in 1829 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Within less than a year, the brewery burned and was rebuilt on the side of the hill over town, where it still is today, still run by a Yuengling. Surprisingly, at this point it is also the largest... View Article