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
This story was adapted from the newly published second edition of The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution by Tom Acitelli. Another book by Acitelli, Whiskey Business: How Small-Batch Distillers Are Transforming American Spirits, is also out now. The commercial commenced with scenes of one of its breweries at work, including... View Article
Barrel-aging may be all the rage at the moment, but giving beer time to mature is nothing new. And it wasn’t done by halves. While a modern lager might spend a few weeks aging and a barrel-aged beer sits a couple of years in wood, in the past, beers could mature for decades. Stock Ale... View Article
Down by the James River in Richmond, Virginia, there are two large stone arches below old brick ruins. Beyond the chain-link fence that protects entrance to the site, flooded rooms and a decaying vaulted brick ceiling can be seen. The caves extend deep into the earth, but no sign or plaque commemorates the important history... View Article
In our March 2015 issue, we chronicled All About Beer Magazine‘s 35-year history in an article entitled, “35 Years Devoted to the Curious Drinker.” Pictured below are the magazine covers and captions that ran alongside that article.
Drinking beer is very much an in-the-moment experience. Bottles are opened, pints are poured, glasses are emptied, and the whole process repeats countless times a day. For many drinkers and brewers, beer is at the forefront of their minds as they continually look toward the next round and style. However, for all the forward momentum... View Article
When All About Beer Magazine was launched in 1979, nobody talked, wrote or maybe even dreamt about something called craft beer. Five years later Vince Cottone, a beer columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer who contributed to numerous publications, first used the phrases craft-brewing scene, craft brewery and craft brewing in the manner they are thought... View Article
Brewers Association Small—Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less (approximately 3 percent of U.S. annual sales). Beer production is attributed to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Independent—Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member that is not itself... View Article
Editor’s Note: This story appears in the March 2015 issue of All About Beer Magazine. You can see a timeline of All About Beer Magazine covers throughout the years here. Click here to subscribe to the magazine. In 1979, in the fourth issue of All About Beer, at the bottom of the penultimate page, this brief news... View Article
