Microbrews

Craft Beer Evangelism: Save the Drama for Yo' Mama

Hanna Laney | Posted 04.12.2012

Hanna Laney

Like any evangelism, spreading the gospel of craft beer takes a delicate hand, open ears and an inclusive spirit. Let's spread the good word.

Lagunitas Set To Open New South Side Chicago Brewhouse

Posted 04.10.2012

Lagunitas Brewing Company, known best for its popular India Pale Ale, announced late Monday that it will open a large, new brewery on Chicago's Southw...

Spring Into New Craft Beer Experiences

Menuism | Posted 05.20.2012

Menuism

Spring is the perfect opportunity to renew your ideas about beer and to clean out old misconceptions by exploring craft beer in new, different and creative ways.

PHOTOS: The Many Microbreweries Of Portland

Daniel Bortz | Posted 03.25.2012

Daniel Bortz

The city has more than 70 brewpubs and microbreweries, as it continues to lead the world of craft beer.

6 Ways To Drink Craft Beer Smarter

Food Republic | Posted 01.25.2012

Food Republic

Thirty-packs of watery Busch Light and longnecks of Bud have lost their luster, as novel beers that are as bitter as grapefruits, aged in bourbon barrels or even dosed with wild yeasts have slid into the spotlight.

Best Bars For Beer Geeks

The Daily Meal | Posted 12.04.2011

The Daily Meal

Today's serious beer drinkers have it pretty good. OK, like, really good. It's no secret that the country's craft beer revolution has been growing w...

This Gender-Specifc Beer Brought To You By: The Color Pink

The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 11.28.2011

In Colorado, we take our beer fairly seriously. Denver, the "Napa Valley Of Beer," ranks first in the nation in per capita beer production, and secon...

4 Hops You Should Get To Know

Food Republic | Posted 11.27.2011

Food Republic

The formula for beer is relatively simple: Water, starch, yeast and hops, the flowering cone-shaped plant that gives beer its sharp, bitter bite. Man...

Local Thirst Allows Microbrews To Stay Close To Home

AP | By DAVID DISHNEAU | Posted 10.03.2011

FREDERICK, Md. -- Some craft brewers are growing by shrinking. After years of shipping beer farther and farther away, many small brewers are now shri...

5 Rye Beers To Try Right Now

Food Republic | Posted 09.19.2011

Food Republic

In high-proof whiskeys, rye imparts a spicy, drying character. That makes the spirit suitable for sipping solo or as the brawny base for cocktails suc...

New Belgium Wants More Cans

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 09.07.2011

New Belgium Brewing Company is expanding its Fort Collins bottling hall to add in a 16,000-square-foot can line due to unexpected high can sales. L...

The Casual Beer Drinker's Summer Brews Rundown

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 08.16.2011

Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Small Kitchen College Ahh, summer! Nary a warm breeze wafted o'er my sunkissed cheeks before I thought: man, I could really use a beer right now. In...

As Craft Beer Booms, Brewers Seek Legal Protections

The Huffington Post | Will Guzzardi | Posted 05.25.2011

In the past few years, the nation-wide trend of craft brewing has developed a following of aficionados as zealous, finicky and committed as its counte...

Virtual Colorado Beer Tasting Next Thursday On Twitter

Boulder Daily Camera | Tom Wilmes | Posted 05.25.2011

Listen closely next Thursday evening, and you may hear the sound of thousands of beers being popped open simultaneously all across Colorado. The oc...

A Day in the Life of a Brewer -- Iron Hill Brewery

Amber DeGrace | Posted 05.25.2011

Amber DeGrace

The beer of the day was a pumpkin ale, containing 2-row Breiss, Weyermann Pils, Weyermann Munich, Breiss C-60, Weyermann Caramunich, Fawcett Pale Chocolate, Northern Brewer Hops, East Kent Golding Hops and an 18-generation yeast.

Craft Beer Grows 12 Percent While Rest Of Beer Industry Shrinks

Daily Camera | Alicia Wallace | Posted 05.25.2011

Halfway through 2010, a time when economists are projecting a slower economic recovery, the U.S. craft beer industry continues to barrel along. Sal...

Beer Month In Colorado: Celebrating The State's Unorthodox Brews

Posted 05.25.2011

September is indisputably the prime month for beer in Colorado. Between the Great American Beer Festival and the Denver Beer Fest, the state will be...

Great Divide Brewing Company Looking To Expand Nationally

Denver Daily | Posted 05.25.2011

One of Denver's top microbreweries should have an extra hop in its step thanks to a small business loan it's expected to get from the city. The Den...

Match Made in Heaven -- Boulder to Host World's first Beer Bloggers Conference

Jerry Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011

Jerry Lewis

For a city with 10 breweries -- all with tasting rooms, and arguably the birthplace of the the microbrew craft industry, Boulder is the perfect spot for a new conference Nov. 5-7, the world's first Beer Bloggers Conference.

Where To Celebrate Craft Brew Week In Colorado: The Best Events And Specials

Posted 05.25.2011

There may be no better place to celebrate National Craft Brew Week (May 17-23) than Colorado. Dubbed the Napa of beers, Colorado is home to over 100 ...

Craft Beer Sales Up 10.3% In 2009

The Boulder Daily Camera | Alicia Wallace | Posted 05.25.2011

Last year was not the easiest for some in the beer business: Overall sales in the United States were down 2.2 percent and imported beer sales dropped ...

Sink the Bismarck!: Brewery Releases World's Strongest Beer At 41% ABV

Huffington Post | Colin Sterling | Posted 05.25.2011

The flamboyantly competitive Scottish brewery BrewDog has released Sink the Bismarck!, a "quadruple IPA" that they say is the most alcoholic in the wo...

Artisnal Spirits:

AP | By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's the Great Pumpkin Beer, Andy Brown!

Gregory Daurer | Posted 05.25.2011

Gregory Daurer

In general, pumpkin beers have similar flavors to that popular Thanksgiving Day desert: pumpkin pie. Beers brewed with pumpkin fly off the shelves at this time of year.

Goose Island, Craft Brewers Doing Well Despite Recession

Chicago Tribune | Mike Hughlett | Posted 05.25.2011

With an ugly recession raging this spring, Goose Island Beer Co. launched Sophie, a high-end Belgian-style brew with a retail price of $8 to $9 per 22...