All About Beer Magazine March 2014 Issue

Filled with London Pride

Craft Beer is Not a Concept

Covering All the Senses Through Beer

Product Placement

The Bar Essentials: How to Stock Your Home Bar

The Cocktail Culture is an established part of the drinks world. While craft beer will likely always be my go-to drink, there are situations where a well-made cocktail can set the mood and make the experience just that much more memorable. Making great cocktails at home requires the right ingredients and a few tools of... View Article

World’s Best Ciders

World’s Best Ciders is the story of the world’s apple belt, a loosely defined band encircling the globe from Kazakhstan to the United States. This latitudinal stretch of land shares one common trait: the ideal conditions for apple cultivation. The apple belt forms a connective tissue between such diverse regions as the Basque Country in... View Article

Craft Beer on the Rise in Czech Republic

Something’s going on in the Czech brewing world. Whether it should be called a revolution, evolution or just plain curiosity is still up for grabs, but there’s no denying that there’s a new wave of Czech craft brewers emerging and eager to expand their horizons. Alongside the pale pilsner-style lagers so beloved of the Bohemian... View Article

Beyond the Pale: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Those four words tell a story. But not the whole story. For that, we crack open Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman’s biz-ography. Before he became a legendary pioneer, young master Grossman learned how to tinker with gadgets and machines, figuring out how to MacGyver his own brewing system before he realized... View Article

Regional Sandwiches (and the local beers they pair with)

There’s a spot in Portland, OR, called Meat Cheese Bread that serves permutations of said foodstuffs in a delicious assemblage we now call a “sandwich.” (Thank you, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, for the eponym if not the origin.) Tasty food matter with moist, flavorful adhesive betwixt bread slices has become a gustatory sensation... View Article

Weizenbock

Sorting through the evolution and chronology of beer styles can be an interesting, if somewhat muddled, trip. Seldom do things travel along an uncluttered, linear path. Instead, the interwoven events tend to resemble a Venn diagram. Politics, agriculture, tradition and even serendipity figure into the equation. Many styles are fairly recent designations for brews hundreds... View Article

Scottish Ale

The unassuming ales of Scotland sometimes get lost in today’s dynamic brewing shuffle. Once as well-known for IPA, porter and stout as they were for their indigenous brews, the Scots have in more recent times begun brewing ale that pays homage to their roots. Malty, modestly hopped and full of warming color, they are accented... View Article

Four killer regional sandwich and local beer combos

Louisville, KY: Hot Brown and a BBC Nut Brown Ale. The Brown Hotel (335 W. Broadway) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, giving the notion of hunkering down in the Lobby Bar for a Hot Brown more import. This sandwich, created at the hotel, boasts turkey, bacon and tomato on an open-faced island... View Article

Revealing Holes in the Three-tier System

Beer entrepreneurs build their businesses based on the rules of the game at the time of the building, especially since they work in such a highly regulated industry. Therefore, entrenched business interests run deep in any debate about changing those rules. After Prohibition, the federal government’s ratification of the 21st Amendment passed along the vast... View Article

Pull Up A Stool With Brian Grossman

Brian Grossman, whose father, Ken, founded Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. in Chico, CA, in 1979, has been overseeing construction of the company’s new facility in Mills River, NC. The new brewery has already brewed its first batches of beer and will open officially later this year. AAB: Ultimately, how big will the new facility be?... View Article

Green Head IPA

Newburyport Brewing Co. Newburyport, MA Named after the greenhead horse fly, Green Head IPA is a West Coast-style IPA. ABV: 7.2 ABW: 5.73 COLOR: 15 BITTERNESS: 80 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1072 AVAILABLE: MA

Smoked & Oaked Belgian-Style Ale

Epic Brewing Co. Salt Lake City and Denver Brewed with Maris Otter, Pilsner, Cherry Wood Smoked Malt, Caramel 60, flaked barley and Demerara rough cut candy sugar and hopped with Perle, Sterling and Tettnang hops. This release is a blend of beers aged in whisky and bourbon barrels. ABV: 11.2 ABW: 8.96 COLOR: 25 BITTERNESS:... View Article

IPA 395

Mammoth Brewing Co. Mammoth Lakes, CA IPA 395 is Mammoth Brewing Co.’s ode to the Owens Valley and the Highway 395 corridor. This double IPA is bolder than the brewery’s Epic IPA and is brewed with locally grown hand-picked sage, juniper berries and wild hops, when available. ABV: 8 ABW: 6.4 COLOR: 32 BITTERNESS: 60... View Article

Hoppenberg Uncertainty Principle

River North Brewery Denver A Belgian spin on an American hop bomb, Hoppenberg Uncertainty Principle is hopped with Cascade and CTZ hops, fermented with a house Belgian yeast strain and dry-hopped with Cascade. ABV: 9.0 ABW: 7.2 COLOR: 9 IBU: 100 OG: 1076 AVAILABLE: CO

Barrel-Aged Brrrbon ’13

Widmer Brothers Brewing Portland, OR An imperial version of Widmer Brothers’ Brrr Seasonal Ale, Barrel-Aged Brrrbon ’13 is aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels. ABV: 9.5 ABW: 7.56 COLOR: 22 BITTERNESS: 40 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1081 AVAILABLE: Nationwide

Sweetgrass American Pale Ale

Grand Teton Brewing Co. Victor, ID A gold medal winner at the 2009 Great American Beer Festival, Sweetgrass is brewed with two-row pale barley, German, Vienna and CaraAmber malts; hopped with Columbus, Galena, Zythos and Cascade hops; and dry-hopped with Bravo hops. ABV: 6.0 ABW: 4.8 COLOR: 8.4 BITTERNESS: 60 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1060 AVAILABLE: CA,... View Article

Resolute

Three Brothers Brewing Co. Harrisonburg, VA Brothers Adam, Jason and Tyler Shifflett opened the brewery in a renovated soda bottling plant in December of 2012. Brewed specifically for barrel aging, Resolute is a Russian imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels for 10 months. ABV: 13.5 ABW: 10.8 COLOR: 48 BITTERNESS: 80 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1010 AVAILABLE:... View Article

Invasion Pale Ale

Cigar City Brewing Tampa, FL This sessionable beer is named after the Gasparilla Invasion. The event is held during Tampa’s annual Gasparilla Pirate Festival, which celebrates the mythical Spanish pirate José Gaspar. ABV: 5 ABW: 3.98 COLOR: 10 BITTERNESS: 35 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1050 AVAILABLE: FL

Sawtooth Nitro

Left Hand Brewing Co. Longmont, CO One of three nitrogenated bottled beers from Left Hand, Sawtooth Nitro is an American style ESB. ABV: 5.3 ABW: 4.22 COLOR: 16 BITTERNESS: 27 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1049 AVAILABLE: AL, AZ, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, OH, OK, MA, MI, MO, MN, NC, NM, NJ, NY, PA, SC,... View Article

Pivo Hoppy Pils

Firestone Walker Brewing Co. Paso Robles, CA A gold medal winner at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival, Pivo Hoppy Pils is brewed with pilsner malt and hopped with German Magnum, Spalter Select and Saphir hops. ABV: 5.3 ABW: 4.2 COLOR: 4 BITTERNESS: 40 ORIGINAL GRAVITY:  1046 AVAILABLE: AZ, CA, CO, IL, MA, NM, NV,... View Article

El Conquistador

Mission Brewery San Diego El Conquistador is a sessionable pale ale dry-hopped with Centennial and experimental hops from the Yakima Valley. Mission recently released El Conquistador and Shipwrecked IPA in 32-oz cans. ABV: 4.8 ABW: 3.84 COLOR: 5.5 BITTERNESS: 44 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1044 AVAILABLE: AZ, CA, CO, FL, IN, KY, MD, NC, NV, OH, PA,... View Article

Gose

Westbrook Brewing Co. Mount Pleasant, SC This canned beer is Westbrook Brewing’s interpretation of Gose (pronounced Goes-uh), a traditional German-style sour wheat beer brewed with coriander and salt. ABV: 4 ABW: 3.18 COLOR: 23.8 BITTERNESS: 5 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1036 AVAILABLE: AL, GA, NY, SC, Denmark

Hop Rising Double India Pale Ale

Squatters Craft Beers Salt Lake City, UT This double IPA is brewed with two pounds of hops per barrel. The label shows brewmaster Jason Stock, who has been with the brewery since 2000. ABV: 9 ABW: 7.2 COLOR: 12.5 BITTERNESS: 75 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1082 AVAILABLE: AZ, CO, IA, LA, MA, MN, ND, NE, NM, NV,... View Article

Route of All Evil Black Ale

Two Roads Brewing Co. Stratford, CT According to brewmaster Phil Markowski, “the idea behind Route Of All Evil was to make an ale that was not porter, not stout, not black IPA but black ale.” The beer is hopped with Crystal, Centennial, Chinook and Cascade hops. ABV: 7.5 ABW: 5.97 COLOR: 40 BITTERNESS: 70 ORIGINAL... View Article

Amber Ale

Palmetto Brewing Co. Charleston, SC The first style of beer crafted when Palmetto Brewing opened in 1994, Amber Ale features CaraAroma, Caramunich and Victory malts and Columbus, Chinook and Zythos hops. ABV: 5.75 ABW: 4.6 COLOR: 15.2 BITTERNESS: 36 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1058 AVAILABLE: SC

Chinookie IPA

Full Pint Brewing North Versailles, PA Chinookie IPA is brewed with pils, Caramalt, crystal and melanoidin malts and Chinook, Cascade and Centennial hops. The beer is hopped with Chinook hops four times during the brewing process. ABV: 6.8 ABW: 5.4 COLOR: 18.1 BITTERNESS: 103.1 ORIGINAL GRAVITY: 1060 AVAILABLE: FL, OH, PA