In case you missed it, glittery beer has arrived. You may have seen these strange, wondrous beers on social media and wondered how they're made and what they taste like. I spent a couple hours with two brewers who made recent examples and I have your full report on this truly beguiling new beer style.
Read MoreSomething remarkable and largely unnoticed just went down in Liverpool. That was the site of the annual meeting of the trade group representing the UK's small brewers. At issue was whether to raise the barrel limit for member breweries and allow some very large players to join the club.
Read MoreIn appearance and flavor, sake resembles wine--which is what it's frequently called. It's right there in the first sentence of the Wikipedia entry. "Sake, also referred to as a Japanese rice wine, is made by..." If you stick around for the full paragraph, though, you'll learn what it really is: beer.
Read MoreToday the Brewers Association put out its annual list of largest breweries, and as usual, there were interesting findings about breweries growing, shrinking, and changing form altogether. A brief review of the highlights.
Read MorePathways saison is the result of an accretion of knowledge Americans have gathered, collectively, over the decades. Upright made great beers from the start, but Pathways represents a level of mastery that only comes from time and practice.
Read MoreA month ago, MillerCoors launched Two Hats, less a beer than a gamble. The bet is that by making a cheap beer that tastes very little like beer, MillerCoors can get a piece of Gen Z before it's lost to craft, Cabernet, and cocktails forever.
Read MoreYesterday, BrewDog launched a campaign to bring attention to the issue of women's equity in the workplace by introducing a pink-labeled version of their Punk IPA. This is an example of "cause marketing"--a long tradition that has produced mixed results.
Read MoreThe Oregon Liquor Control Commission has totaled the sales figures by Oregon breweries, and the results reflect what we're seeing nationally: middle-sized breweries show the most strength while bigger breweries are struggling to maintain their positions. But there are surprises, too.
Read MoreIn the final installment of this ongoing series, some forward-looking advice on what we can do to hasten the change toward more equal workplaces.
Read MoreIn part three of this ongoing series, brewer Allison Higi reflects on her experiences at a ten-year veteran of the brewing industry and offers advice on making things better.
Read MoreIn part two of this ongoing series, women from all corners of the beer industry--brewing, distribution, retail, administration, and journalism--share their experiences. They are at turns illuminating, painful, and harrowing, and with each story reveal what it's like to be a woman working in the beer industry.
Read MoreThe recent cases of harassment by powerful men have given people the opportunity to subject the beer industry to a good, hard look. What the #MeToo movement offers is a moment to reflect on that hidden consciousness we've constructed and how it might change if we include the voices and presence of women.
Read MoreI visited Sussex's Dark Star Brewing in 2011 and spoke with founder Paul Reed and then-brewer Mark Trantnor. This past week, Fuller's announced it had accquired Dark Star.
Read MoreThe United States invented modern craft beer. But the model of plucky little brewery set on delivering tasty, handcrafted beer in the face of corporate consolidation is anything but new. A case-in-point is contained in this 29-year-old video, which seems remarkably contemporary.
Read More"He hung out with them—the guys at Portland Brewing, and the guys at Widmer. I think he thought, ‘These guys seem to be interested in this kind of hop; I’m going to hold on to it.'" The story of how one man saved the second-most-popular hop in America.
Read MoreThe second-largest jobs website, Glassdoor, allows employees to rate their workplace. I checked in to see how breweries stacked up and some of the results were surprising.
Read MoreWhy is one of Silicon Valley's largest tech firms encouraging people to steal from me?
Read MoreIn an interesting development, Stone Brewing Company has decided to sue MillerCoors over its use of the word "Stone" in recent Keystone branding. The news was announced with the typical bombast for which Stone and founder Greg Koch are famous--but that doesn't mean the lawsuit isn't serious.
Read MoreThe hop reports are coming in, and they give us a snapshot of where the beer industry is headed. In today's post, I summarize the more scintillating tidbits from Germany and the United States.
Read MoreEvery brewery wants to identify that one beer that will catch fire among consumers. Different breweries approach product development in different ways, and there's no algorithm for success. A recent glance at best-sellers, however, reveals an important trend.
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