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Tools of the trade
by Dave GausepohlI have now been employed in the brewing industry for 20 years. I have worked as a brewer, brewery representative, retail beer buyer, and as a seller and portfolio manager in wholesaling. Over the past 20 years I have collected a number of tools used in the production and selling of beer. These items are... View Article
Going Against the Grain: Audacious American Beers
by Julie Johnson BradfordOnly in Castro’s Cuba has a state of permanent revolution lasted longer than it has in the minds of beer writers. We remember the bad old days—before the revolution—when beer variety was non-existent, when bars and stores offered us the choice between Mainstream Lager A and Mainstream Lager B (and C and D, in more... View Article
Tradition: the Hallmark of English Breweries
by Roger Protz“Welcome to Brigadoon,” Stewart Main, the head brewer at Hook Norton said. As a Scot, he is well versed in the story of the mythical Highland village of Brigadoon that featured in a Gene Kelly movie. The village appears for a single day once every hundred years and bewitches all who come across it.
Skunk in my Beer
by Horst DornbuschIt is the private hazard of a professional beer writer that his friends expect to be served great beers when they visit, and I am always happy to oblige. Such was the case recently, when I had a small party in my house. It was still winter in Massachusetts, so I bought a bunch of... View Article
No Way to Treat a Beer
by Greg Kitsock“Yes, but I don’t inhale.” For generations, smokers have been using those words to downplay the consequences of their nicotine habit. Soon, drinkers may be using that expression as well.
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Porter: Three Threads into One
by K. Florian KlempAny beer aficionado would identify the most significant events in brewing in the past three hundred years as the development of IPA by the British, and the introduction of Pilsner in Bohemia. The invention of Porter in the early 18th century was as noteworthy. It signaled a shift in brewing practice, drove the industrial revolution... View Article
Big Beers in Bamberg
by Paul RuschmannTen years ago, I found a rock-bottom airfare from Detroit to Frankfurt. And with it, an excuse for an impromptu vacation.
Beer Talk
Oatmeal Stout
by - -Breckenridge Brewing Co. Denver, CO Available: CO, IL, IA, KS, LA, MN, NE, NM, OH, SD, TX, VA, WY The Breckenridge Brewery and Pub opened in Denver in 1992. The oatmeal stout is brewed with two-row pale, caramel, roasted barley, chocolate, oak flakes and black malts. Alcohol (wt.): 3.96 Alcohol (vol.): 4.95 Color: n/a Bitterness:... View Article
Snipes Mountain Porter
by - -Snipes Mountain Brewing Co. Sunnyside, WA Available: WA, OR, ID, MT This robust porter is brewed with Great Western Pale Ale, Crisp Marris Otter, Weyermann Munich, Crisp Crystal 77, Crisp Chocolate, Hugh Baird Brown, Great Western Malted White Wheat, and Flaked Barley, with UK Challenger, Ahtanum and Styrian Golding hops. Alcohol (wt.): 3.6 Alcohol (vol.):... View Article
Summer Honey Seasonal Ale
by - -Big Sky Brewing Co. Missoula, Montana Available: AK, CA, ID, MN, NV, ND, OR, SD, WA, WI, WY Big Sky Brewing Co. has just become the first small brewing company in North America to use a new aluminum package: the AlumaBottle, which is shaped like a bottle, but made from aluminum. The bottle can be... View Article
James Squire Amber Ale
by - -Malt Shovel Brewery Sydney, Australia Imported by High Falls Brewing Co. Rochester, NY Available: CA Around 1795, James Squire, convicted highway robbed and publican, became Australia’s first commercial brewer. His tavern, The Malt Shovel, was located west of Sydney. The modern Malt Shovel Brewery, named to honor Squire, has won awards at the Australian International... View Article
Full Sail IPA
by - -Full Sail Brewing Co. Hook River, OR Available: AR, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, MN, NV, NM, OK, OR, TX, WA, WY The Full Sail brewery, founded in 1987, is now independent and employee-owned. It overlooks “the most epic wind and kite surfing spot in the world,” which is the inspiration for the brewery’s labels... View Article
Lion Heart Stout
by - -Big City Brewing Co. Kingston, Jamaica Imported by Best Brands Sanford, FL Available: FL, GA, NY Big City Brewing Co., located in the heart of Kingston, Jamaica, the only Brewery in Jamaica owned and operated by Jamaicans. The brewery, which was founded 1999, also produces Real Rock Lager and Yardy Shandy. Alcohol (wt.): 6.05 Alcohol... View Article
Organic Porter
by - -Butte Creek Brewing Co. Chico, CA Available: WA, OR, ID, CA, AZ, NM, CO, MO, WI, IL, MI, OH, ME, VA NC, SC, FL Butte Creek Brewing Co., founded in 1996, terms itself “Chico’s only microbrewery”—a reference to the now very large Sierra Nevada, also in Chico, where Butte Creed’s brewmaster worked for several years.... View Article
Ramstein Classic Wheat
by - -High Point Wheat Beer Co. Butler, NJ Available: CT, NJ, NY Founded in 1994, the High Point Wheat Beer Company is the first exclusive wheat beer brewery in America. The name Ramstein was adopted from a town in Germany with a large American population. The town surrounds the U.S. Ramstein Air Force Base. High Point... View Article