I stand corrected. You can buy a liter of all-grain, full-flavored beer for less than you’d pay for a liter of gas.
Here’s proof, a photo taken at a small grocery store in Wertheim, Germany (at the junction of the Main and Tauber rivers, a…
Horny Goat Wheat is so wrong on so many levels.
I could be OK with the junior high school-ish humor on the can if only the beer were decent. But alas, this unfiltered wheat is a brew that lands on the tongue with a muddled thud.
Horny Goat Wheat pour…
I’ve noticed over the years something about taste and the people who have “discerning” taste.For instance, the person that orders and enjoys the varying flavors of differently roasted coffees (without sweetener, milk, or cream), can taste and apprecia…
I hosted a couple of beer tastings over the last year at St John’s. When preparing for each, it was a challenge to present as much of the world of beer flavor as possible in as accessible a way as possible.
In order to make beer styles easily underst…
According to a story by the BBC, Israeli archaeologists say they have uncovered new sections of Jerusalem’s ancient walls, continuing a project started more than a century ago. The modern diggers found beer bottles, a lamp and a shoe that Bl…
(Chicago, IL) – Binny’s in South Loop has posted on its website a beer tasting taking place this Thursday, September 4, 5:00-7:00pm. The featured beer will be none other than the 2008 edition of Goose Island Bourbon County Stout with bottles b…
During the course of planning the new NABC Bank Street Brewhouse, John Campbell and I have had occasion to enjoy breakfast meetings with Gregg Rochman at various locations in Louisville. We keep getting drawn back to Ray’s Monkey House, located adja…
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The Democratic National Convention ended last week and this week we’re already in the middle of the Republican one, so yes dear friends we’re neck deep in political season. As you all know the DNC was held in Denver, home (or near) many a craft brewe…
This story was just on the local news a couple of minutes ago. “The industry estimated that 300,000 kegs disappear each year.” I guess that’s sort of like socks mysteriously vanishing from the wash, but on a grander scale.