Author: Heather Vandenengel
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PeopleThe Reality of Being a Woman in the Beer Industry
February 9, 2016 - Heather Vandenengel Women drink beer. This likely isn’t a revelation because there’s a good chance that you know a woman, or several, who drinks beer, or maybe you are a beer-drinking woman yourself. Women also brew, package, sell and market beer. This probably also isn’t news to anyone who has been on a brewery tour, attended a... View Article -
Coming SoonComing Soon: February 2016
January 27, 2016 - Heather Vandenengel Events Feb. 5-6 Extreme Beer Fest Boston, Massachusetts How brewers and drinkers define “extreme beer” has evolved in the last decade, from super-strong stouts and high-IBU IPAs to barrel-aged, wild-fermented sour ales featuring all sorts of funk. Taste the bleeding edge of brewers’ experiments for yourself at the annual Extreme Beer Fest. www.beeradvocate.com/ebf/ @BeerAdvocate Feb.... View Article -
What's BrewingCan Appeal: The Crowler Gains Traction
January 1, 2016 - Heather Vandenengel Boothbay Craft Brewery, a small brewpub located in a Maine resort town, has its local patrons, but it also attracts a steady stream of travelers who stop by the brewery for flights and pints. Until recently, if those visitors wanted to take a beer back home, they could buy a 32- or 64-ounce glass growler,... View Article -
Coming SoonComing Soon: January 2016
December 31, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel Events January 22-23 Great Alaska Beer and Barley Wine Fest Anchorage, Alaska There’s no better time to drink barleywine than January in Alaska. At this barleywine-focused fest, more than 50 brewers will be pouring 200-plus beers from Alaska, the Northwest and beyond. auroraproductions.net/beer-barley.html January 23 Asheville Winter Warmer Beer Festival Asheville, North Carolina Shake off... View Article -
Brewing FeaturesMore for Your Calendar
December 29, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel This calendar of events appeared alongside “The Year in Beer” in the January 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine. January 7-9—Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival, Vail, CO, bigbeersfestival.com 30—Top of the Hops Beer Fest, Biloxi, MS, topofthehopsbeerfest.com February 5—Russian River Pliny the Younger Release, Santa Rosa, CA, russianriverbrewing.com 5-6—Extreme Beer Fest, Boston, MA, beeradvocate.com 11-20—Arizona... View Article -
Brewing FeaturesThe Year In Beer
December 29, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel This article appeared in the January 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine. Among beer lovers, the question of “What’s next?” looms large. There’s always the next beer to taste or seek out, new brewery to visit or festival to look forward to. All About Beer Magazine looks to 2016 to answer that question for you with... View Article -
Coming SoonComing Soon: December 2015
November 30, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel Events Dec. 4-5 Jackie O’s 10th Anniversary Athens, Ohio The party’s in Athens, as Jackie O’s Pub and Brewery celebrates a decade of brewing with a beer and music-filled weekend at the brewpub and taproom. There won’t be a bottle release at the brewpub this year, says head brewer Brad Clark, but they will release several... View Article -
What's BrewingFueled By Beer
November 11, 2015 - Heather Vandenengel New Zealand’s DB Breweries has found a resourceful use for its yeast waste by turning it into “brewtroleum” biofuel. The brewery teamed up with Gull Petroleum to create the fuel, which produces less greenhouse gas than petroleum. It is made by distilling the yeast, creating ethanol. Then 90 percent premium gasoline is added to 10... View Article