July 2002 Volume 23, Number 3

Features

Hemp Gets a Reprieve
by Greg Kitsock

Hemp beer—is anyone out there still brewing this style?—remains legal as of this writing, as a result of a court challenge to the Drug Enforcement Administration.If the order had gone ...

On the Road with Beer and Fat
by Stan Hieronymus and Daria Labinsky

New Belgium Brewing Co.’s Tour de Fat is not a single bicycle “tour” across the West, but it sure would make an interesting beer trip. Start in Lawrence, KS, angle ...

You’re Better Off With Beer: Beer and Your Health
by Gregg Glaser

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”Moderate drinkers have a 32 percent lower risk of dying from a heart attack than those who don't ...

The Art of Aging Gracefully: Vintage Beers at Belgium’s Beer Cafés
by Charles D. Cook

Aged beer? The very concept of deliberately aging a beer contradicts everything we hear and see in beer ads. One megabrewery touts its “born on date” to encourage people to ...

Everybody Wants to be a Brewer
by Stan Hieronymus

Dan Carey knew early on that he wanted to be a professional brewer when he grew up. He remembers family car camping trips from their San Francisco home north to ...