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Lighting Up While Getting Lit
by Dave GausepohlSmoking and drinking have been paired together for years. For somebody who does not smoke, I sure have an abundance of ashtrays, cigar cutters, lighters, match safes, matchboxes, matchbooks, and match covers—the tools of tobacco that have been used for years to advertise beer.
Old Breweries, New Beer
by Greg KitsockAmerica is dotted with the corpses of old breweries. You might have passed them while driving through some forgotten inner-city neighborhood: brick-and-mortar behemoths, four to five stories high, sometimes with gaps in the wall where copper brewkettles and other objects of value were extracted.
Taxing the Pour
by Alan MoenLike it or not, taxes are a fact of life (or death, as some would say). They have been imposed on citizens by governments for centuries, and breweries and their beers have long been a favorite tap for government revenue.
Viva La Cerveza y Limón
by Matt StinchfieldColumbus, Cortez and Coronado all showed up in Mexico looking for gold. What gold they did find, they traded for smallpox, syphilis and mercury poisoning. Thanks, guys. It wasn’t until the 20th century that a friendlier gold was discovered in Mexico, a lustrous liquid gold—cerveza!
Which Bud’s For You?
by Roger ProtzThe old saying that only lawyers get rich has never been more true where the protracted legal wrangles between Anheuser-Busch in the United States and Budweiser Budvar in the Czech Republic are concerned.
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The Low Down on Brown
by K. Florian KlempEngland’s individual beer styles are a result of the golden age of English brewing, the 18th and 19th centuries. Brown ales sit right in the middle. They are unassuming, working-class brews. Imminently drinkable, rich with classic English character, and midway between pale ales and porters, brown ales are ready and able to slake any thirst.
A Few More Spots on Our Wish List
by Stan HieronymusMike’s American Ale House 5737 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago, IL 773-282-3150 We don’t really need another place in Chicago to visit, but Mike’s regularly features regional beers, serves cask-conditioned beers, and the food also gets high marks. R.F.D. 810 Seventh St. NW, Washington, DC 202-289-2030 Dave Alexander, manager of the well-known Brickskeller Restaurant, and... View Article
You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
by Stan HieronymusWe have a friend who is devoted to blues—music, that is. For years he has been talking about traveling to Memphis and then heading south into the Mississippi Delta for a tour deluxe, visiting historic spots and listening to the blues in steamy juke joints.
Beer Talk
Celis White
by - -Michigan Brewing Co. Webberville, MI Available: MI, TX, OR The white or “wit” style of beer had died out in its native Belgium when brewer Pierre Celis revived it in 1966. He subsequently moved to Texas and founded a brewery there, generating interest in the style among U.S. brewpubs. The brewery was acquired by Miller,... View Article
DeGroen’s Rauchbock
by - -Baltimore Brewing Co. Baltimore, MD Available: MD, DC, VA, DE Baltimore Brewing Co. has brewed traditional German-style beer under the DeGroen’s name since 1989. This Rauchbock is a Bamberg-style beechwood-smoked lager. It is brewed with nearly 50% Weyermann Rauchmalz. A single decoction is performed during brewing. Alcohol by weight: 5.3 Color: n/a Bitterness: 15 Gravity:... View Article
Odell Cutthroat Porter
by - -Odell Brewing Co. Ft. Collins, CO Available: CO, WY, KS, MO, NM, SD, NB Three family members opened Odell Brewing Co. in 1989. Cutthroat Porter, introduced in 1993, is in the classic London porter tradition. It is brewed with 2-row barley; chocolate, crystal and amber malts; Galena hops for bittering, and English Kent and Northern... View Article
Dale’s Pale Ale
by - -Oskar Blues Brewing Co. Lyons, CO Available: CO, AZ Dale’s Pale Ale is made with a blend of Canadian pale and English crystal malts. Over a 90-minute boil, its hopped with Northern Brewer for bittering, then a bittering/flavor addition of Cascade and Columbus, followed by a late addition of Centennial for aroma. Dale’s Pale Ale... View Article
McMenamins Terminator Stout
by - -McMenamins Inc. Troutdale, OR Available: OR, WA Brothers Mike and Brian McMenamin opened their first pub in 1983 and their first brewery in 1985. Their company now operates over 40 establishments in Oregon and Washington. Many of the breweries, pub and movie theaters occupy renovated historic buildings, many of which are on the National Historic... View Article
SweetWater Exodus Porter
by - -SweetWater Brewing Co. Atlanta, GA Available: GA NC Two friends who had learned their beer tastes in Colorado and California opened SweetWater Brewing Co. in Atlanta in 1997. Their brewery aims to bring the taste of “aggressive West coast style beers” to the Southeast. Alcohol by weight: 5.96 Color: n/a Bitterness: 36 Gravity: 1058
New Glarus Eisbock
by - -New Glarus Brewing Co. New Glarus, WI Available: WI “Some people paint, some sing, others write… I brew,” reads a quote on the label from brewer Dan Carey. New Glarus’ “Unplugged” series will give him the freedom to create different experimental brews year-round. Carey apprenticed at the Ayinger brewery in Bavaria; he and his entrepreneurial... View Article
St. George India Pale Ale
by - -St. George Brewing Co. Hampton, VA Available: VA, NC, SC, MD, DE, DC St. George, a fourth century Roman soldier who was martyred for his beliefs, is the patron saint of both England and Germany. Since this brewery brews both ales in the English tradition and lagers in the German tradition, the brewery was named... View Article