Sometimes I forget that there was life in the craft beer universe before the late 1990’s, when breweries like Stone, Dogfish Head and Russian River crawled out of the primordial wort.  But there was, and after coming across a nice piece at AllAboutBeer.com written by “Beer Curmudgeon” Harry Schuhmacher, I realize that the “craft beer […]

UPDATE (4/15/13): The story is now posted over at Today.com.  Thanks to everyone who submitted their answers.  It was great to get such a big response, but due to word count limitations, I wasn’t able to fit everyone into the piece, and then it was further cut down when Today asked that a nutritionist chime […]

I was thinking (naturally) about beer yesterday afternoon, and came up with a question for myself – What’s the one brewery I cannot live without?  After giving it some thought, I was genuinely surprised by the outcome.

Hello from Bahstahn, home of Tawmy Brady and the Paytreeuhts! I’m up here for a conference until Saturday afternoon, and while I didn’t pahk tha cahr in Havaahd Yahd (sorry, I couldn’t resist being ‘that guy’), I did find a pretty nice beer bar near the hotel I’m staying at.  As a guy who doesn’t […]

  I made this animated gif for a piece about Sly Fox’s “new” topless beer can that I wrote for Today.com.  The animation wasn’t used on their site, so I figured I post it here to give hard-core beer nerds like you (and me) the chance to see what it looks like when you peel […]

The folks at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas send beers my way from time to time, and honestly, many of their gentle offerings are lost on my gonzo craft beer sensibilities. But I’m glad they kept the brews migrating north, because every once in a while a gentle beer is just what it takes […]

How do you spell “crap” at Yankee Stadium? Apparently you keep the “cra,” but replace the “p’ with an “ft.” This might be the only way to explain how the Bronx Bombers could justify selling three beers and a cider made by MillerCoors in their “Craft Beer Destination,” a new addition to the Great Hall […]

I’ve said in the past how Beer Pong isn’t really Beer Pong if there’s not beer in the cups.  I don’t even know how to process this latest development, an arcade machine – think Skee Ball or Super Shot Basketball – called Beer Pong Master. If you’ve ever played this frat favorite, you know the […]

Another interesting nugget to come out of the Brewers Association “State of Craft Beer” press conference was data on the states that saw the greatest number of brewery openings in 2012.  If I were to guess, I’d say it would be states where craft beer is just catching on.  I’d be wrong. 

The Brewers Association recently held their annual “State of Craft Beer” press conference, and one of the little gems included in the crush of information was recent data on the best-selling styles of craft beer in America, courtesy of SymphonyIRI. Here’s what’s hot right now, along with which styles are gaining and losing ground: 

My buddy Rich Blair at the New Holland Brewing Company was nice enough to send me a taste of a special edition of their Dragons Milk (an amazing barrel aged stout and probably my favorite beer on the planet) that had been aged on tart Michigan cherries. This is a one-and-done brew and was (or […]

How do you know craft beer is truly the World’s Greatest Beverage?  Because the fairer sex (the one without hairy knuckles and pattern baldness) prefers it wine.  Well at least the ones between 18-34 years old, according to recent data. 

Helles yeah – It’s about time! Pottstown, Pennsylvania’s Sly Fox Brewing Company has just announced it will be releasing it’s new Helles Golden Lager in a new kind of beer can – one with a completely removable top. 

My job recently took me down to a conference in Miami Beach.  While there, I learned something about myself, which I’m guessing will resonate with many of you as well. It started when I wanted a beer.  I had flown in on a Friday night, and had an exquisite sushi dinner with my boss, where […]

  Click Image to Enlarge Prepare to be totally nerded out!  We’ve taken the top 16 teams in this year’s March Madness college basketball tournament and paired them with local breweries in an attempt to find out which teams dominate when the beer is taking the shots.