I have spent the last ten days in Central Europe catching up on the local beer scenes and talking to brewers from the region. Here’s an overview of what I found. 

My third visit to Prague is really the first I’ve gotten to know the city, even superficially. 

That one post every year when I silence myself and let the pictures do the talking. With these amazing little cameras we keep in our pockets, even a hack like me can make the world look beautiful.

In a new study published yesterday, researchers assessed the effect of climate change on hops grown in Central Europe. The results were alarming—but the authors offer some hope for mitigating the worst effects. 

In case you can’t make it to the hop harvest this year, I’ve got you covered. Here are all the sights and sounds of a harvest—everything but the intoxicating aroma.

Every week, we get news about Bud Light’s latest performance, and every week it gets worse. The brand is in freefall, and according to most commenters, all because of a boycott by conservatives. But these numbers can’t all be from one boycott. What’s really going on?

Following the hailstorm of criticism that fell on the recent Craft Brewers Conference, I reached out to organizers at the Brewers Association for answers to some of the critiques. 

The start of the Covid pandemic turns three today. It has affected beer in large and small ways that would have been, absent a disruption as profound as a pandemic, unthinkable three years ago.

Why are some fests dying or dead, while the Festival of Dark Arts was the hottest ticket around? A week after the event, I look at what makes a successful fest—and how others might use it as a blueprint for success. 

Qatar had 12 years to settle on its World Cup alcohol policy, but decided at the last minute—yesterday—to move Budweiser’s very expensive promotional beer tents outside the venues. This is not the first time a religious city has had to decide what to do with marauding, beer-drinking heathens.

The annual Norwegian farmhouse ale festival is remote (even in Norway) and tiny. But that’s what makes it a special event. 

Today's post kicks off Portland Travel Week. To get things started, I’ll offer an overview of the Rose City, a bit of beer-centric history, and some of the key features of the local drinking culture. Craft breweries follow a familiar model, and if you just go from one to the next, you might miss some of the character behind all that steel.