Author: Will Hawkes
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CultureClassic Beers Disappearing from Sports Stadiums
April 3, 2017 - Will Hawkes Something was missing when the Baltimore Orioles opened their season against the Toronto Blue Jays. Not the players, of course, or the fans, but something that was once equally as much a part of watching this baseball team: National Bohemian beer. The iconic Baltimore lager is no longer sold at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.... View Article -
Web OnlyA-B InBev Breweries Unite in ‘Agora’ Community
October 6, 2016 - Will Hawkes Fresh details of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s acquisition strategy have emerged with news that the multinational company this year started a community for its breweries to facilitate information-sharing and ease access to ingredients. The community is called Agora, according to members of the group. The Belgian multinational A-B InBev, whose takeover of SABMiller is expected to be... View Article -
On Location - TravelOn Location: Kronprinz
September 1, 2016 - Will Hawkes Editor’s Note: This story was first published in the September 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine. At the time of publication, the brewery’s name was Erlkoenig. The brewery later changed its name to Kronprinz, and this story has been updated to reflect the name change. Kronprinz was only open for a week, but it already had a regular.... View Article -
Web OnlyThe Decidedly Traditional Modern Brewer: Stephan Michel of Mahr’s Bräu
August 31, 2016 - Will Hawkes Greg Koch isn’t always nice about German brewing, but he makes an exception for Stephan Michel. “He’s a great voice for brewing in Germany,” says the Stone Brewing CEO of the owner of Mahr’s Bräu in Bamberg, Franconia. “He’s extremely knowledgeable and connected. I love Bamberg and his awesome brewery.” But then Michel is different.... View Article -
Web OnlyMelbourne: A Down-Under Beer Destination
September 11, 2015 - Will Hawkes It was a foregone conclusion. An event billed as “Victoria Against the World,” held at an excellent pub called the Terminus Hotel in the North Fitzroy neighborhood of Melbourne, Australia, during Good Beer Week in May, culminated in local favorite Boatrocker against London’s Beavertown, a whisky-barrel-aged imperial stout against a black IPA. Both were well-made... View Article -
Web OnlyOnce Troubled, Maris Otter Has Promising Future
February 17, 2015 - Will Hawkes The way Robin Appel tells it, Maris Otter was lucky to make it to 30, let alone 50. “Fewer and fewer farmers were growing it,” Appel, a grain merchant, says of the famous barley’s plight in 1990. “No one was encouraging them to. I asked Paul Robertshaw, production director at Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries, if... View Article -
Web OnlyMeet the American Brewers Fueling Britain’s Beer Revolution
July 3, 2014 - Will Hawkes Ryan Witter-Merithew shrugs his shoulders. How does a North Carolinian end up brewing in an English village? It doesn’t seem that odd to him. “I wanted to see the world, I wanted to travel,” he says. “When I was in high school I wanted to join the Navy or the Air Force, anything that would... View Article