Filed under: Tastings, Beer, Trends, Festivals, Celebrations Last week, we discussed the possible financial benefits of homebrewing. After last night's Extreme Beer Homebrew Challenge at Jose Pistolas for Philly Beer Week, I was reminded of one of the other major advantages of homebrewing: The abili...

Filed under: Beer, Business A couple of my recent posts discussing opinion polls from BeerAdvocate and RateBeer opened a lively discussion on this website, including a comment from CEO of the Stone Brewing Company, Greg Koch. Far be it from me to let the thoughts of the co-founder of one of America'...

Filed under: Beer, Asia, Recipes, Celebrations, New Year's For many Americans, the idea of Chinese beer may seem as far-out as Chinese democracy (the movement or the Guns N' Roses album). Some countries -- Ireland and Germany, for example -- we heavily associate with beer drinking, and others, like ...

Filed under: Beer, Celebrations Budweiser mastered the mass-marketing of beer across America. And Miller gave us the first mainstream "lite" beer, creating a nationwide sales phenomenon. But Coors gave us the aluminum can. The Rocky Mountain News reported that yesterday marked the 50th anniversary o...

Filed under: Beer, Cocktails, Trends, Newspapers True story: In college, I invented a drink called "The Specialty Drink." The recipe: Shot of rum, shot of vodka, pineapple juice, cranberry juice, splash of orange juice all poured in a pint glass, then fill up whatever space was left with beer. As yo...

Filed under: Beer, Slashfood Ate, Holidays, Hanukkah, Christmas How do you keep that Christmas spirit going after today is done? Easy. Tomorrow your local beer seller will be back open for business. You run out, grab some Christmas beers, and keep that X-mas flavor going beer-sippin' style all the w...