Alastair Simms, of the White Rose Cooperage, starts each day at 6 a.m. with a mug of Yorkshire tea. It’s a departure from his early days as a cooper. “We used to come in, lay our tools down at 5 o’clock and go across to the brewery and have a couple of pints,” says Simms,... View Article
Whether it’s shelving at grocery stores or taps in bars, cider is slowly taking over real estate once exclusively held by beer. But as one of the fastest-growing segments of alcohol, finding its place among drinkers presents a challenge as cider makers find a balance between beer and wine. There’s no denying cider is growing... View Article
Last spring, former Harpoon brewer Steve Theoharides was talking about the brewery’s new session IPA, Take Five. It’s a well-done example of the style, vividly hopped but not bitter, low in alcohol but not thin. Developing the beer had been a challenge. Theoharides was working with potent American hops, and they were contributing too much... View Article
As the popularity of the American IPA has reinvented the beer lover’s palate, brewers have re-invented the mechanisms through which hops are added to beer. Mostly used for dry-hopping, the process in which hops are added after the boil to contribute more aromatics than bitterness, these are a few of the devices used by brewers... View Article
In 2016, Germans—and beer drinkers everywhere—will stop to celebrate the 500th anniversary of that most famous of brewing laws, the Reinheitsgebot (rhine-heights-geh-boat). To put that time frame into context, the Reinheitsgebot was born a year before Martin Luther tacked the 95 Theses to a Wittenberg church, sparking the Protestant Reformation. It has survived the rise... View Article
All across the U.S., drinkers have no trouble finding an IPA. The popular style is ubiquitous from the bars and breweries of New England to the beaches of San Diego. But move from city to city and you’ll find an increasing trend: Breweries are putting emphasis on sharing where a beer is coming from almost... View Article
This article appeared in the January 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine. Click here to subscribe. Beer-and-a-shot specials have long been a staple of dive bars across the country, designed more as a buzz delivery system than a sip-and-savor experience. And often what was in the pint glass or bottle had been little more... View Article
This calendar of events appeared alongside “The Year in Beer” in the January 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine. January 7-9—Big Beers, Belgians & Barleywines Festival, Vail, CO, bigbeersfestival.com 30—Top of the Hops Beer Fest, Biloxi, MS, topofthehopsbeerfest.com February 5—Russian River Pliny the Younger Release, Santa Rosa, CA, russianriverbrewing.com 5-6—Extreme Beer Fest, Boston, MA, beeradvocate.com 11-20—Arizona... View Article
This article appeared in the January 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine. Among beer lovers, the question of “What’s next?” looms large. There’s always the next beer to taste or seek out, new brewery to visit or festival to look forward to. All About Beer Magazine looks to 2016 to answer that question for you with... View Article
