Author: Jeff Alworth
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Blogs - The Beer Bible Blog - Web OnlyMaking Sense of Anheuser-Busch InBev Buying 10 Barrel Brewing
November 5, 2014 - Jeff Alworth The beer world woke up on Wednesday morning to the news that Bend, Oregon’s 10 Barrel Brewing Co. released an offbeat video—replete with outtakes—announcing it had been acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Editor’s Note: The video was later removed from Vimeo. But the homespun quality of the video did not soothe the hearts of many craft... View Article -
Blogs - The Beer Bible Blog - Web OnlyFound Ingredients: Beers Made By Walking
October 30, 2014 - Jeff Alworth Artemisia douglasiana, also known as California mugwort, grows along stream banks up and down the West Coast. Dried and—particularly—burned, it has a distinctive aroma similar to another plant famous in the region, Cannabis sativa. Perhaps for this reason, it creates a pungent, hop-like quality when added to the conditioning tank of a light ale. The... View Article -
Blogs - The Beer Bible Blog - Web OnlyOne Town To The Next: Through A Beer-Filled Looking Glass
October 22, 2014 - Jeff Alworth In my teen years living in Boise, ID, there was general agreement that it took fashion three years to arrive from California. (The more fashionable pegged the number at five years; while most said fashion never came to Idaho.) I am now a gray-whiskered man, but this wasn’t so long ago—the early craft brewing years,... View Article -
Blogs - The Beer Bible Blog - Web OnlyTouring Prague: Understanding Czech Beer in Five Easy Stops
October 9, 2014 - Jeff Alworth There are a lot of fantastic beer-drinking cities in the world, and I would begrudge no one for citing Brussels, London or Munich as the best. But one city soars above even these for pure, saturated beery experience: Prague. Leave aside the fact that it’s Prague, one of the world’s most comely ancient cities (and... View Article -
Blogs - The Beer Bible Blog - Web OnlyRebuilding a Legend: Ballantine IPA
October 3, 2014 - Jeff Alworth The contours of history are shaped by retellings, and over time, we begin to believe them. We have repeated the story of American craft brewing so many times it’s almost a mantra: “Fritz Maytag bought ailing Anchor Brewing in 1965 … Jack McAuliffe founded New Albion in 1976 … ” Beware single-origin histories, though—there’s always... View Article -
Blogs - The Beer Bible Blog - Web OnlyThe Secrets of Czech Brewing
September 26, 2014 - Jeff Alworth Every beer-drinking country has a particular relationship to the beer it brews. Germans treat their lagers as a sacred trust, and breweries often have the text of Reinheitsgebot posted like a prayer on the wall. Italians are the quickest to think of their local ales as part of the gastronomic landscape—they brew with an eye... View Article -
Styles FeaturesOut of Place: American Beers Named After European Styles
March 1, 2014 - Jeff Alworth It was a week out and I was scrambling to assemble a bottle hoard to disburse as I toured the breweries of Germany and the Czech Republic. Double Mountain Brewery had just begun bottling its beers, and I shot an email to Charlie Devereux about acquiring one of the brewery’s most popular brands. He was... View Article