Before yesterday’s beer tour*, I grabbed a quick beer with anti-American Mike. He had good news. He’s found us rooms in Copenhagen. And only 40 euros a night. Well done, Mike.We’re off to Copenhagen for the first European Beer Festival in September. I…
Teresa da Silva Lopes is the author of Global Brands, The Evolution of Multinationals in Alcoholic Beverages. And although it was published last fall, it seems like a prescient take on what’s been going on with the beer industry, from the sale …
In a conversation on Uncle Jack’s blog, he and I realized that the biggest production facilities of the two largest American-owned breweries (well, once A-B actually gets bought by InBev, that is, and as opposed to beer marketing companies, like Pabst…
Prairie Village Beer Tasting Thursday, July 17thTHE BLONDES OF SUMMER Rimann Liquors of Prairie Village3917 Prairie Lane Thursday July 17, 2008 6:00 – 9:00 PM Come meet the “Blondes of Summer”… the Belgian Blondes… along with other light, sum…
When I heard my brother-in-law was getting ready to homebrew for the first time I couldn’t stop offering to help. Seriously, he’s probably wondering how to stop me from talking about it 😉 Well after a few conversations we landed on brewing at my h…
Perhaps the most remote brewery in the USA. Name & Where is it? This is part 6 revisiting comments regarding my June 26 post, What is Good Beer? Brad Ginn says: I’d also add that the use of high quality ingredients and a …
Lindsay, Joe and I rode over to Concordia Ale House to participate in the Concordia Cup, a blind tasting of Oregon Imperial (double) IPAs. We each ordered a tray and set about tasting. I started at #10, a beer infused with or aged in a wind barrel (Pi…
Goose Island Summertime German-style Kolsch Beer is a pleasant, light bodied summertime quencher.
Brewed by the Goose Island Beer Company of Chicago, Summertime poured a pale yellow with a short bubbly white head. It poured with the aroma of crisp le…
829. Samuel Adams Honey PorterMatt brought this in when we brewed our oatmeal stout (post upcoming). I didn’t take notes, and don’t remember a lot.Beer Stats:Brewery: Boston Beer CompanyAlcohol: 5.45%Serving: Bottle, 12 oz.Style:American Porter, BJCP…
Let us do a Mid-Week Musing about the Event That Shook the Beer World, starting with a “Let’s Pretend” note.
Beer from American craft brewers flowed in Berlin as dignitaries from Germany and the U.S. gathered to open the new U.S. Emb…