The English pub is much romanticised, even mythologised, which must leave some visitors disappointed when they encounter the real thing. Having been brought up in and around pubs our whole lives, reading them and negotiating them is a matter of instinct for us, but here we have tried to put the subconscious knowledge into words.... View Article
Don’t you hate fake beer? I don’t mean “near beer”—beer that has an extremely low alcohol content. I mean beer you can’t actually drink because it doesn’t exist: Squinty Pete’s Backwash Brew, Tree Frog Beer and less absurdly named brands such as Escorpión (featured in “Casa de mi Padre”) and Skull Island (featured on “Dexter”).... View Article
Something was missing when the Baltimore Orioles opened their season against the Toronto Blue Jays. Not the players, of course, or the fans, but something that was once equally as much a part of watching this baseball team: National Bohemian beer. The iconic Baltimore lager is no longer sold at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.... View Article
Breweries are changing their organizations, facilities and business models to focus on the revenue opportunities offered by brewery visitors. Wineries have long generated a large portion of their total revenue (and the majority of their profits) from on-site sales. These on-site sales start with casual samples, but most places offer far more elaborate selections: guided... View Article
Despite a few extra pieces of hardware strapped to the outside, little about the tractor-trailer barreling down Interstate 25 in Colorado on a mostly sunny morning last October would draw attention. Well, except for the statement along the trailer: Proudly brewed. Self-driven. Budweiser partnered with Otto, a transportation company owned by Uber, to deliver a... View Article
As uncertain as the future seems to be these days, at least we can look forward to our bars getting smarter. The days of flagging down a bartender or server when you’re ready for your next pint may one day come to an end if Smart Cube technology ever catches on. The Smart Cube is... View Article
Editor’s Note: This story is part of a special section on the future of beer, which appears in the March 2017 issue of All About Beer Magazine and is now on newsstands. In 1987, Porter Lancastrian, a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of bar equipment founded in 1936, published an advertisement that depicted the pub of the future.... View Article
Tradition is everywhere in the world of beer, from the labels to the glassware to the names and the whole of the beer experience, including the beer itself and the many ways we consume it. Of all the things you might find on a store shelf, beer is among the most tradition-drenched. As beloved as... View Article
Beer educator and Beer Judge Certification Program master judge Bill Schneller isn’t at Widmer Brothers Brewing for the Soursop Hefeweizen or Wit Noir IPA. Those are sexy yet ephemeral one-offs from Widmer’s 10-barrel innovation brewery. He’s here for a pint of Widmer Alt, the altbier that launched this Portland, Oregon, brewery in 1984. “As Doug... View Article
