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In Defense of Public Drinking

In Defense of Public Drinking Unfiltered by Andy Crouch

Instead of embracing the beauty of public and outdoor drinking, Americans have largely relegated alcohol consumption to bars, implicitly marking them as dark dens of adult iniquity. Fortunately, small breweries are pushing for change.

The Other Side of the Hop: Homebrewing with Debittered Leaf BYOB by Drew Beechum

Concentrated hop products like Cryo Hops and Hop Hash from Yakima Chief Hops deliver on their promise of more aroma and flavor, but what of the subtler side of things? What about all of the other hop material that falls by the wayside in the pursuit of concentration?

Great Notion Opens Much-Anticipated Second Location in Northwest Portland News by Ben Keene

Great Notion’s second location offers plenty of growing room for the three-year-old company, along with to-go coffee six days a week, an expanded menu, and most importantly, more beer.

Patrick Murtaugh and Eric McKay of Hardywood Park Craft Brewery

Hardywood Founders Discuss the Changing Beer Landscape and the Launch of Their New Brand, Suncrush News by Ben Keene

Eric McKay and Patrick Murtaugh, founders of Virginia’s Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, talk about their motivation for offering low calorie, low alcohol beers under a new brand.

Cascadian Caipbeerinha beer cocktail with IPA

How to Make a Cascadian Caipbeerinha Kindred Spirits by Yetta Vorobik

A float of hoppy IPA brings floral and piney flavors along with a bit of Pacific Northwest flair to this riff on a caipirinha, the quintessential Brazilian cocktail.

Beers and Baskets: Breweries Connect with Disc Golfers Draft Picks by Jeffrey Wiser

There are over 6,000 disc golf courses scattered across the US today, an enormous number for a niche activity. Craft brewing has seen a similar explosion, so it should come as no surprise that there has been a convergence of these two interests.