Bigger bottles are not always better
By Brian Yaeger
Published May 2012, Volume 33, Number 2
That you can buy a six-liter Methuselah of St. Bernardus Abt. 12 more readily than a 7-ounce nip of Anchor Old Foghorn (because it’s been discontinued) says something about how beer drinkers like things just as supersized as fast food diners. So how can we craft beer enthusiasts proclaim they’re in favor of quality not quantity when portions are increasing? Sure Stone Brewing recently introduced the Quingenti Millilitre (500 milliliters) series, which means a nominally less liquid than the standard bomber at 650 milliliters (ml), but even some bottles in the series are far more limited than Stone’s three-liter Jeroboams of Double Bastard.
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By Mirella Amato
Published July 2009, Volume 30, Number 3
Italy is wine country. Vino is available everywhere. Shops labeled ‘Enoteca’ specialize in offering customers a wide selection of wines. So visitors to Italy might be surprised, while perusing the bottles at a local enoteca, to stumble upon a few elegant and distinctive 750ml bottle labeled birra (beer). In fact, over the past five years, the craft beer movement in Italy has grown rapidly and local beers are starting to take their place alongside the best wines in the country.
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Craft Brewers Market a Wealth of New Styles in Cans
By Greg Kitsock
Published July 2009, Volume 30, Number 3
The Red Derby is a homey, unpretentious hole-in-the-wall bar in Washington, DC’s Columbia Heights neighborhood. Inside you’ll find a pile of board games like Risk and Operation, a poolroom in the back, and a chalkboard listing about 30 brands of beer. A bonanza for beer connoisseurs?
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By Stan Hieronymus
Published May 2009, Volume 30, Number 2
Set in the lush valley of the Swabian mountains, Stuttgart advertises itself as “the new heart of Europe,” proudly high tech and industrial. Tourist brochures promote mineral spring spas, the arts and that 500 vineyards cover the nearby hillsides. But look under the hood and, as in much of Germany, beer remains an integral part of everyday life.
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From the beer community
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Published May 2009, Volume 30, Number 2
It was my own father who first exposed me to beer. At an early age, there was an after-dinner tradition of story time, where my father would tell my brothers and sister tales from his youth growing up in Philadelphia.
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By Brian Yaeger
Published May 2009, Volume 30, Number 2
Sierra Nevada’s newest year-round release—Torpedo Extra IPA, an India pale ale embellished by the brewery’s homemade hop-extractor, dubbed “the hop torpedo”—may be viewed as a thank-you to the craft beer drinking community. After all, the brewery helped launch our collective love of hops when it introduced its flagship pale ale in 1980.
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