The regional independents occupy the healthiest niche in the brewing industry today. While micros and brewpubs are folding almost as fast today as they popped up in the early and mid-1990’s, and while big commercial breweries scramble for gimmicks to boost flat sales, the regional independents continue to grow, though carefully.
The blues, like jazz, is an American original. A great way to spend a summer’s afternoon or evening is at a blues festival. They’re going on all summer, from sea to shining sea. If there is good beer to be found at the fest, so much the better. If not, bring your own or head... View Article
Stein Collectors International Inc. (SCI) was founded in 1965. It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the study and understanding of the art, culture and manufacture of beer steins, drinking vessels and related items from antiquity to modern times. Worldwide membership is approaching 2,000. Membership in almost 30 regional chapters is available throughout the USA... View Article
What’s better than a great beer at the beach? Not much, provided you can get a hold of the beer. Many beaches don’t allow alcohol at all. Or if they do, they ban bottles. And as we all know⎯despite experiments by a couple of craft breweries and a range of imports⎯many of the beers we... View Article
Have you ever looked closely at the glass that holds your beer? Some are anonymous and mass produced, mere containers. Others are personal, one man’s own tankard kept at his local, filled and drained each evening for years. Still others are designed by the brewery to enhance the characteristics of a particular beer style. Then... View Article
