It’s one of the curiosities of the beer world that American brews have not exactly set the Thames on fire in Britain. The Brits drink more imported beer than other Europeans, and sales of imported brews are increasing steadily, yet American beers, whether they come from such giants as Anheuser-Busch or from small craft breweries,... View Article
Just as they showed up, the party began to wind down.
Collectors’ cans, specialty beers, contract brews, soft drinks, private labels: there’s no niche that America’s old-time regional breweries haven’t exploited in order to survive. Their roots extend back before Prohibition, and a few were mixing malt and hops before anyone had heard of the name Budweiser. Their future is by no means guaranteed, and while... View Article
Beer. America’s Beverage. A 20-foot-long scarlet banner, carried the slogan of the 11th annual wholesalers and brewers joint legislative conference, held April 1-4 in Washington, DC.
Regional breweries used to dot the Rand McNally like Starbucks does today.
A mighty struggle has broken out for control of Britain’s best-known brewing group, Bass. As reported in AAB last year, the Belgian group Interbrew—best known for Stella Artois and Labatts lagers—bought both Whitbread’s and then Bass’s brewing capacities.
Sharp-witted Benjamin Franklin once observed that there are two guarantees in life—death and taxes. Simple, but irrefutable, that statement touches us all. Franklin’s two constants apply to everything we love, fear, anticipate, dread and enjoy—including beer.
They line the walls of many pubs, alehouses, tap rooms, any place that caters to craft beer fans: old, encrusted bottles from fabled breweries, bottles that once contained the characteristic flavor of a time long gone. Most of the time, such bottles merely collect dust and become part of the ambience of a bar or... View Article
How much do you enjoy beer? If you are reading a magazine devoted entirely to beer, you are already pretty exceptional in your enthusiasm. But does it transcend mere devotion? Do you harbor a true passion for beer?
