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A few quick beer tastings to tell you about.
Lukas Liquor in Ellisville will be tasting not only draught Koenig Ludwig, La Chouffe, and Racer 5 but they will also be sampling Schlafly Oktoberfest and Aynger Oktoberfest as well. This tasting will be on…

Here’s a little extra for you. Example logs taken from “A Practical Treatise on Brewing” by William Chadwick, published in 1835.Very revealing they are, too. Quite a handy guide to the world of British brewing logs. Most of the professional ones have …

I’m back on one of my favourite topics: the exact nature of early IPA.Just to recap, the normal line of reasoning is that, as 19th century IPA was a strong beer, modern British IPA’s of under 1040 aren’t true to style. Let’s take a look at the facts.H…

New York City Craft Beer Week ends this Sunday. For a listings of what is going on go here.
The event ends with the 2nd Annual Manhattan Cask Ale Festival at the Chelsea Brewing Company, which features 45 ‘firkins’ of cask-conditioned ale from n…

In celebration of hop picking season Sam Adams has released the Hallertau Imperial Pilsner in limited release.
The beer pushes the boundaries of flavor, according to Sam Adams, with 12 pounds of hops per barrel of Bavarian Noble Hallertau Mittelfrueh…

(Pittsburgh, PA) – If you have visited East End Brewing’s site recently, you would notice that the beer is not actually retired as indicated on Beer Advocate. A note on the site discloses that the hopped up Tripel will return early next year i…

Well, its that time of year again. Tomorrow, 3500 beer lovers will descend on downtown Asheville for the 12th annual Brewgrass Festival. Tickets have been sold out for months, and if you don’t have one, you are out of luck. There are two things tha…

From the History Channel, via Rich Wagner, our resident brewery historian:
09-18-08.I am currently developing a series idea for the History Channel about the revival of an old brewery and I’m trying to find real life examples that might suit our…

LOOK its right over there in the sidebar ->In addition to “What is it?” and the “Schedule”. I’ll be adding some other links including a post to all the Fermentation Friday events thus far. I’ve also been working on some more personal blog posts t…