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
In the fall of 2013, I bought a six-pack of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Flipside Red IPA. It wasn’t a crazy hyped or rare beer, but something in the combination of lemony hops and caramel malts matched up perfectly with my taste buds. I went back to the store to get more, only to discover... View Article
This feature appears in the November 2016 issue of All About Beer Magazine. Click here to subscribe to the magazine today. We’ve long believed that enjoying beer goes beyond just the liquid. In putting together this issue, we talked about the things we like about being beer drinkers. From the everyday items that are easy to take for granted... View Article
Cindy Cox-Siedlarz considers herself a crafty person, skilled at creating costumes, scrapbooking memories and crocheting and knitting clothing. But of all her creations, one has a particularly lasting impact, and it has nothing to do with cloth, yarn or household items. Instead, this art is more about sweet and salty with a touch of savory... View Article
There’s a change happening to your beer. As thousands of new brands take up tap and shelf space, drinkers are bombarded with more choices than ever before. But that shift in what we see—and ultimately what we drink—has an impact. For every action there is a reaction. Breweries and beer lovers across the country may... View Article
Go deeper into your beer and learn about how to grow hops, herbs and malt at home with The Homebrewer’s Garden, 2nd Edition, by Joe Fisher and Dennis Fisher ($16.95, Storey Publishing). Learn tips, techniques and recipes from 25 of today’s most talented homebrewers with Homebrew All-Stars by Drew Beechum and Denny Conn ($24.99, Voyageur... View Article
Today, you can find fresh, locally brewed beer in nearly every major American city. The fact that even casual dining chains such as TGI Fridays and Buffalo Wild Wings have expanded their offerings beyond Anheuser-Busch InBev and SABMiller products in recent years is owed in part to the rise of the homebrewing movement, in part... View Article
Bright squares of pink and yellow, blue and red, and in them not Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe but drawings of Vladimir Putin. Each version of the Russian president features contrasting colors painted across his hair, his eyes, his lips. And below all of them, a three-word disclaimer: “Not for gays.” It’s the label art for... View Article
LOS ANGELES—The lineup on this particular September evening included a guy from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who can remove his underpants without first taking off his track pants, an Idaho man who placed suction cup darts on his eyes and “George the Giant” from California, who used a long length of clear tubing to drink milk through... View Article
