May 2009 Volume 30, Number 2

Features

Ten Beery Things to do in Germany Without Visiting Oktoberfest
by Stan Hieronymus

Set in the lush valley of the Swabian mountains, Stuttgart advertises itself as “the new heart of Europe,” proudly high tech and industrial. Tourist brochures promote mineral spring spas, the ...

Dad’s Favorite Beer
by

It was my own father who first exposed me to beer. At an early age, there was an after-dinner tradition of story time, where my father would tell my brothers ...

Kids in the Brewhouse
by Brian Yaeger

Sierra Nevada’s newest year-round release—Torpedo Extra IPA, an India pale ale embellished by the brewery’s homemade hop-extractor, dubbed “the hop torpedo”—may be viewed as a thank-you to the craft beer ...