It’s all too easy to forget that beer was meant to be enjoyed. In our opinion, it can often become way too business-centric, unnecessarily elite or just plain silly. Here are some pet-peeve instances of when beer is not beer.
Oskar Blues crafts one very tall boy; Portland to treat water, possibly at expense of beer taste; Starbucks considers serving beer and wine; and thieves pull off $70,000 beer heist.
In changing the way we view extreme, or at least what we are willing to give that label, we can open our minds to new experiences and allow American beer to start the next chapter in the story of extreme beer.
With hop prices coming down and the world missing a good “East Coast” versus “West Coast” battle, maybe it’s time to fire off your own salvo in the IPA wars.
Less than two years ago, Southern Star was a new brewery outside Houston that few had heard of. Now, Dave Fougeron’s killer recipes have caught fire, and he “can’t make beer fast enough.”
Creamy and wholesome and chocolaty as that glass of Nesquik you used to dunk your Oreos into, Milk Stout—aka Cream Stout or Sweet Stout—seemingly comes straight from the dairy.
The Tröegs brothers were able to create their diverse array of ales and lagers by traveling and studying both nationally and internationally, immersing themselves in the craft beer culture. Their philosophy is to brew the beers they like rather than brewing to a particular style.
This place is a steaming melting pot of Spanish, French, African and Caribbean influences, a magnet for artists, musicians, misfits and criminals, a charmingly seedy town united by its distaste for authority and its mighty thirst.
