Controversy has always been around, and it will always exist. Some months ago, we were surprised to read an article written by William Brand [www.ibabuzz.com] interviewing Tim Webb regarding Ratebeer, Struise and the late Ratebeer “Top Brewers…
On Monday night, October 20, Scott Shreffler, Nick Vickery, and Kent Householder from Schlafly in St. Louis, MO, will be hosting a Schlafly Promo Night in NABC’s Prost special events wing from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. There will be a drawing every 30 min…
I love getting input from the readers, and after my last review of Franziskaner, I was lead to another Hefeweizen. This time the beer was Paulaner’s Hefe-weiss.
If you’re used to the American hefeweizen, then the German style will be a…
(Brooklyn Center) – Surly Darkness will be released less than one week from today at the brewery. Beer ratings currently have it in the top 10 at both Beer Advocate and RateBeer. People are still coming out of GABF mode but I expect the Darkness ch…
Today we ventured to the land of Wisconsin because it is Sunday and our state has made the conclusion that is better to not accept out tax money on this beautiful fall day. Though there is little room in my fridge for this beer I will surely be writin…
It’s no secret that I used to be a Star Trek fan. From the time I was a kid in the early 1970s, I watched the original series most afternoons after school. Once it hit its stride in season two or three, I thoroughly enjoyed The Next Generation,…
Just in time to begin celebrations for the candy holiday, Charlie Papazian — possibly the country’s most famous homebrewer and author of The Complete Joy of Homebrewing — wrote today in his Beer Examiner blog about the delicious and …
Drinkers frustrated by the traditional difficulty of purchasing top New Zealand micro-brewery beers in their neighbourhood now have a handy new alternative.
Since July 1 Daniel Parker has operated The Beer Store, an internet retailing operation at ww…
In the world of beer, ales are separated from lagers by their yeast. Lager yeast collects on the bottom of the fermenting vessel and ferments sugars into alcohol at lower temperatures that ale yeast, which operates at higher temperatures at the top of…
Today, after some yardwork, housework, hops picking, and beer drinking (the latter 2 with Adam), I will be almost completely caught up from our 9 Days in Colorado. I’d originally planned to have Part 1 of 3 (or maybe 4) of our trip to Colorado and GAB…