Founders Brewing Co. has undergone several expansions in Grand Rapids over the last two decades, both at its original brewery and taproom as well as at a new facility that specializes in barrel-aged beers. The brewery’s progress has been easy to see for locals and tourists visiting the city, but one of its biggest areas... View Article
Last October, at Jameson Irish Whiskey’s Love Thy Neighbor festival, a small collection of brewers coalesced in the Duggal Greenhouse located on Brooklyn’s waterfront. Outside, Dave Quinn, the head of whiskey science at Jameson, guided patrons through the production (and thematic pairings) of the event’s focus—stout-barrel-aged Jameson Caskmates whiskey. Inside, brewers showcased specialty Jameson barrel-aged... View Article
Whenever the name of a widely distributed American adjunct lager lingers pejoratively on the tongue, a prevailing wisdom tends to lay the blame of any perceived “cheap” or “poor” tastes on adjuncts like corn and rice. The Brewers Association, a trade association that works to define and advocate for craft beer, once excluded brewers who... View Article
One of Wisconsin’s newest breweries is drawing upon some of the state’s oldest traditions. Operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Old World Wisconsin in the town of Eagle allows visitors to explore more than 60 historical structures across hundreds of acres of Midwestern landscape, staffed by volunteers depicting daily 19th century life. To commemorate the... View Article
Fruit and herbally enhanced beers can be pretty polarizing, but one style that often gets a pass among even some of the staunchest purists is the Berliner-style weisse. While plenty of drinkers prefer the tart, sessionable brew au naturel, there’s a disproportionate number who are happier to have it with slightly sweet and colorful accoutrements.... View Article
Meredith Sutton bought Kevin Ryan a homebrew kit for Valentine’s Day in 2012. Ryan bought her a top-bar beehive for Christmas in 2013. The couple opened Service Brewing Co. in Savannah, Georgia, in 2014 with four hives in back. One-sixth of the beers they sell are made with honey, and wild yeast captured from cuttings... View Article
On store shelves across the country, a breadth of choices is the norm. Breweries are making more brands of beers than ever before within the most diverse array of styles the world has seen. The ever-changing guard has proved to be a successful path for many breweries, but there are still plenty relying on the... View Article
Brandon Jones was standing on the loading dock of Yazoo Brewing Co. in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, looking over the coolship that had just been delivered. It would soon go into the upper reaches of the brewery building, but Jones was already thinking about getting it out. While most coolships are built to stay in place,... View Article
At the end of February, the ground was too wet for Brian Tennis to get into his hop fields with heavy equipment. “Right now it’s quiet,” he says, after months of snow falling, melting, falling and melting. “But we’ll be out there as soon as we can and then it’s [nonstop] until the harvest.” He... View Article
