The Shaker Pint
There are grumblings from deep within the craft beer movement centered around one of the fundamental beer vessels—the classic shaker pint. What are the concerns about this glass and are they warranted?
There are grumblings from deep within the craft beer movement centered around one of the fundamental beer vessels—the classic shaker pint. What are the concerns about this glass and are they warranted?
Truth in advertising is vital in craft beer culture. There better be fresh hops in our fresh hop beers, real cherries in our krieks, and just as seasonally-relevant, real pumpkin in our field or pumpkin beers. Yet the distinguished British classic, nut brown ale, contains nary a nut. These craft brewers are putting the nuts back in nut beers.
In anticipation of warmer temps and time outside, beer lovers are thirsting for craft beer spring seasonals by America's craft brewers.
Troy Paski founded Hoppy Brewing Company in 1994 and has continued to provide a diverse variety of nine beers on tap and two monthly seasonals. In a world with ever-increasing hop and malt ratios, he asks, "When's the next new thing not the next best thing?"
Five registered CraftBeer.com readers will be awarded a pair of tickets to the Friday evening Grand Tasting session at SAVOR in New York City, featuring 76 of the United States’ top craft brewers.
Beer lovers pair their beer with food more than any other single activity surrounding the beverage's enjoyment. Here are 15 tips to help you host a successful beer dinner at home and help beer reclaim its place at the dinner table.
It’s no secret that many craft beer enthusiasts have a deep appreciation—bordering on cult-like obsession—for the India pale ale (IPA). CraftBeer.com's Andy Sparhawk attempts to crack the code of the IPAs commercial success.
While some beer styles require a bit of background to understand, one can often make reasonable assumptions about a beer's character with a small amount of information. Here are five clues that I think will help you immediately start to decipher what a beer might taste like before ordering.
Big Horn Brewing, part of the RAM/C.B. & Potts Restaurant and Brewery Group, just scored a gold medal at the 2013 Great American Beer Festival® for its outstanding Big Horn Hefeweizen. Find out what else has been going on at their Fort Collins, Colo., location from brewer Kirk Lombardi.
Here are three classic combinations (with a little craft beer-infused kick) that will make for a stellar Super Bowl spread and score you major points.