July 2013 Volume 34, Number 3

Features

Guiding Thirsty Travelers
by Julie Johnson

In 1987, a D.C.-based freelance journalist and speechwriter named Jack Erickson published the first comprehensive guidebook for people who not only wanted to drink American craft beer, but visit the ...

Rise of the Micro-Maltsters
by Ben Keene

Spend enough time in a tavern or a taproom and you’ll almost certainly hear it. Hophead: a beer lover with a bad case of the bitters. From extra-pale ales to ...

After Boston Marathon Bombings, Beer Community Rallies
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By Heather Vandenengel It did not take long for the New England beer community to join together and rally support for victims, friends, families and the Boston community after the ...

Passionate Homebrewers Lead Brewing Boom in NYC’s Outer Boroughs
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By Sarah Annese When thinking about great beer cities in the United States, Portland, Denver, Seattle and San Francisco might come to mind. But New York? Probably not. At least ...

Drafting A Revolution
by Tom Acitelli

One day in August, 1965, a 27-year-old former graduate student in Japanese studies at Stanford walked into his favorite bar, the Old Spaghetti Factory in San Francisco’s trendy North Beach ...

Columns

The Beer Enthusiast

Making the Case for Beervana
by Fred Eckhardt

It's My Round

My Winding Journey to Beer
by

Departments

Pull Up A Stool

with Tyson Arp
by Julie Johnson

Beer Travelers

Breaking with Conventions
by Brian Yaeger

Stylistically Speaking

Belgian Witbier
by K. Florian Klemp

Homebrewing

Untangling Hops
by K. Florian Klemp

Book Reviews

Cheese & Beer
Reviewed by John Holl
Shakespeare’s Pub
Reviewed by Julie Johnson

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