Author: Tom Acitelli
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FoodBeer’s Place at the Table
June 12, 2018 - Tom Acitelli Shortly after he arrived on the Hyde Park, New York, campus of the Culinary Institute of America in 2004, Jared Rouben noticed something. Aside from a half-day during the esteemed trade school’s wine curriculum—and any beer-related publication that might be found at the library—students received no instruction in beer or the role it played in... View Article -
Coming SoonComing Soon: May 2018
May 1, 2018 - Tom Acitelli EVENTS May 5-20 Punk in Drublic Festival Austin, Ft. Worth, Richmond, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Brockton Stone Brewing Co. and Rockstar Energy Drink are behind this rolling music-slash-craft-beer festival as it visits five different cities from May 5 to 20, starting with Austin and ending with Pittsburgh. punkindrublicfest.com facebook.com/punkindrublicfestival May 6 Fish Brewing SLURP Olympia, Washington The... View Article -
Coming SoonComing Soon: April 2018
April 2, 2018 - Tom Acitelli EVENTS April 7 Sour Wild Funk Fest Indianapolis, Indiana Upland Brewing Co. of Bloomington, Indiana, is organizing this seventh annual homage to sour beers. More than 50 breweries will be pouring more than 150 sours at Indianapolis’ Mavris Arts & Events Center from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. uplandsourfest.com @UplandBrewCo April 14 Saison Day Various... View Article -
Coming SoonComing Soon: March 2018
March 1, 2018 - Tom Acitelli EVENTS March 3 Winter Warmer Fest Cleveland, Ohio The Ohio Craft Brewers Association will present the 12th annual Winter Warmer Fest at Windows on the River in Cleveland on Saturday, March 3, from 2 to 5 p.m. Expect more than 50 breweries to showcase seasonal and limited-edition beers. ohiocraftbeer.org/winter-warmer-fest @OhioCraftBeer March 3-4 L.A. IPA Fest... View Article -
Acitelli on HistoryWhen Belgium Came to Cooperstown
January 5, 2018 - Tom Acitelli In the fall of 1997, a new brewery opened amid 136 acres of an old hop farm in Cooperstown, New York. Brewery Ommegang was named after the medieval pageants held in what is now Belgium. The animating force behind the new brewery was a husband-and-wife team, Donald Feinberg and Wendy Littlefield, who had long run... View Article -
Acitelli on HistoryNew Glarus: The Fastest Startup in the Midwest
October 24, 2017 - Tom Acitelli There is really no way to know for sure, but Deb Carey, cofounder of the New Glarus Brewing Co., thinks her brewery’s launch nearly 25 years ago was the fastest microbrewery startup ever. She and her husband, Dan Carey, first talked about launching a brewery in January 1993. They drew a 30-mile circumference around Madison,... View Article -
History - Michael Jackson - People FeaturesRemembering the Bard of Beer: Why There Will Never Be Another Michael Jackson
August 30, 2017 - Tom Acitelli It was toward the end of September 2006, and a 64-year-old Englishman was making his way through the Denver airport. He was rotund, with an ample belly and shaggy grayish hair spilling in curls from every part of his scalp save the balding front. He sported a similarly grayish beard that seemed in need of... View Article -
Acitelli on HistoryThe Last Quiet Year in Beer
August 29, 2017 - Tom Acitelli In 1993, Lagunitas was just starting up, and breweries as varied as Stone, Victory, Dogfish Head, and Smuttynose did not exist as commercial concerns. In 1993, there was no Brewers Association, never mind a definition from that group defining a craft brewer or a craft beer. In 1993, brewpubs and India pale ales were still... View Article