Despite all the ingredients that go into this dish, paella can be relatively simple to prepare. Adding the seafood at the right times ensures that it doesn’t become rubbery. The final product is a lively cacophony of flavors and textures. Delicious any time of year, there is a certain enjoyment that comes with serving paella... View Article
LONDON—On Wednesday afternoon, Pete Brown, the noted British author and beer journalist, was settling into a pint of real ale at Euston Tap, a tiny pub at the entrance to a rail station. As it often does when industry-minded folks are talking, the conversation turned to the word “craft” and how it relates to beer.... View Article
If you tour the Abita Brewing Co. in Covington, LA, there is a piece of art to the right-hand side of the bar that stands out. It’s a pelican, that grand bird, standing in a pool of water looking out toward the horizon. It’s made entirely of bottle caps—1,800 to be exact. It’s the work... View Article
UPDATE: In case you missed it, this was an April Fools’ Day joke, and New Glarus Brewing Co. is staying put in Wisconsin. NEW GLARUS, WI (April 1)—Saying it was time to try something new, the founders of New Glarus Brewing Co. said today that they would begin removing their beers from shelves and taps... View Article
UPDATE: In case you missed it, this was an April Fools’ Day joke. BOSTON (April 1)—The Boston Beer Co. today announced that the 2015 version of Utopias, its high-alcohol, barrel-aged beer, will be available in 16-ounce cans. “We love our 24-ounce ceramic Utopias bottle shaped like a brew kettle, but we realized it had limitations... View Article
The calendar flipped to March, but here on the East Coast, the snow, ice and below-freezing temperatures did not stop coming. Forecasters said New York experienced its coldest February in 80 years. New England is buried under feet of snow. Even parts of the Mid-Atlantic got more than its usual share of winter unpleasantness. Brewers... View Article
Full Sail Brewing Co. proudly touts its ownership on beer labels. Independent, it reads. “47 employee owners.” That’s the number of people who worked at the Hood River, OR, brewery in 1999, the year the brewery went to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). The number today of employee owners—called shareholders—is 78, and on Tuesday... View Article
When I was in college, I had several friends who enjoyed the sugary-liquor concoction known as the Long Island Iced Tea—LIIT for short. I have fuzzy memories of a bartender filling a shaker pint glass up with ice, then grabbing four bottles—two in each hand—and upending them, spilling the contents into the glass for a... View Article
Would consumers of the energy drink Red Bull think the company has entered the beer market, if they came in contact with Virginia’s Old Ox Brewery? Attorneys for the extreme drink certainly think so, and have filed a complaint in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The filing can be found here. In it, attorneys for... View Article
