Barrel-aged stouts have gotten so excessive I now tend to cringe when I see one. But Ecliptic was founded by the man who created Black Butte Porter, and has spent a brewing life perfecting the art of making dark ales.  

Now that drinkers want variety and novelty, having a flagship can become a liability as fashions change and sales drop. Who wants to be stuck with a fruit IPA flagship that accounts for 10% of the volume and tastes like 2015?

On February 6th, Portland learned that decade-old Burnside Brewing was apparently no more.  

Bud Light spent the Super Bowl sending a pointed message about the ingredients of domestic light beers. It might not have been the best way to elevate their brand.  

Sometimes it takes an outsider to make you see how insular your world has become.

After forty years promoting good beer, Charlie Papazian is stepping down from the Brewers Association. It would be difficult to overstate his legacy.

One of the new crop of Trappist beers has arrived on American shores, and it turns out there’s quite a bit about the monastery, project, and beer that are out of the ordinary.

In the bar’s dim light, it sparkled a molten gold. Clarion bright, as if to spite fans of haze. From it arose the scent of forest—shall we say spruce just to be interesting?

The growth of new breweries has happened unevenly across the country in recent years. The reason for this is obvious once you see where new breweries are opening the fastest.

We greet the new year with three depressing stories. If 2019 continues like this, we’re all going to be in trouble. 

A local-interest story in the Chicago Tribune about a small brewery serves as a perfect case to explain brewing in America in 2019.